README

OVERVIEW
This dataset contains data from a survey of low income households in four cities across south India. 
This fileset includes a guidance document on how the data was collected and how to interpret and use 
the data. The survey data was collected between April-June 2019. A team of 11 survey enumerators 
and researchers were involved in the data collection which was collected through a collaboration 
between the University of Cambridge and the Indian Institute for Human Settlements. Data collection 
for this project received ethical approval from both the Department of Engineering, University of 
Cambridge and Indian Institute for Human Settlements. This anonymised dataset is being released to
allow full use by others.

DATASET CONTENTS
This dataset contains the following files:
-	Indian_Low_Income_Household_Energy_Survey_Codebook.pdf
-	south_indian_household_energy_survey_19.csv
-	south_indian_household_energy_survey_19.Rda
-	README.txt
Data contained in the csv files is the same as data contained in the Rda file.


HOW TO USE
All csv files can be opened using any appropriate software. Rdata script files must be opened 
and run using R. We recommend using RStudio and R version 3.5.1 (“Feather Spray”) or later. 

This survey followed the same methodology and as an earlier survey of low-income households in 
Bangalore, India. The dataset from this earlier survey can be found at:
https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.59870

This dataset was used as external validation dataset for a microsimulation of cooking fuel use
in India cities. Code for the microsimulation model can be found in the following GitHub repository:
github.com/anetobradley/urban_energy_microsimulation_india