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Population and Housing Census 2017, Third Round

West Bank and Gaza, 2017
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PSE-PCBS-CEN-2017-V1.0
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Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics
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Main source of Electricity (Q12)

Data file: Housing-en 2017

Overview

Valid: 185848
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 9
Format: Numeric

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Literal question
Main source of Electricity
(most used)
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Public network 171365
92.2%
2 Private generator 388
0.2%
3 No elect. 121
0.1%
9 Not Stated 13974
7.5%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
1. Public Network: Electrical wiring deployed in residential areas and covering all or most of the households in the locality, particularly through electricity companies or local authorities (municipal or village).
2. Private Generator: Device used for electric power generation and supply to housing and owned by the owner of the household or group of individuals.
3. No Elect.: In the case of lack of means and therefore foregoing electricity.
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