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National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS
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Cable television (NP2011A_CABLE)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1">Household Information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">[7] Do you have the following facilities in your household? </span><div class="i1">[Multiple responses is possible]<br />[] 1 Radio<br />[] 2 TV<br />[] 3 Cable TV<br />[] 4 Computer<br />[] 5 Internet<br />[] 6 Telephone<br />[] 7 Mobile phone<br />[] 8 Motor<br />[] 9 Motorcycle<br />[] 10 Bicycle<br />[] 11 Other type of vehicle<br />[] 12 Refrigerator<br />[] 13 None</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Cable television
2 No cable television
9 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3">Household information</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Question 7: what facilities are available in this house? (Multiple responses are possible and accepted)</span><div class="i1">[] 1 Radio<br />[] 2 Television<br />[] 3 Cable television<br />[] 4 Computer<br />[] 5 Internet<br />[] 6 Telephone<br />[] 7 Mobile phone<br />[] 8 Motor<br />[] 9 Motorcycle<br />[] 10 Cycle<br />[] 11 Other vehicle<br />[] 12 Refrigerator<br />[] 13 Not any above</div><p>This question is trying to understand whether the family has modern household facilities as stated above. The references 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 denote items related to communication, information and entertainment, references 8, 9, 10 and 11 denote transportation items, and reference 12 denotes refrigerator. Such facilities in a family might be one or more than one. Thus, ask the family about each reference items and circle the references if they have such facilities. For example, if the family have radio, circle the reference 1 and if they also have cycle, circle the reference 10, too. Similarly, if they have other facilities such as television and mobile phone, then circle the reference 2 and reference 7 respectively.</p>

<p>These services in the family generally have to be in use and they should be working / not be stopped working in the day of enumeration. But if the item can be simply repaired and it can work but not working at the time of enumeration, then such stuffs should be considered working. </p>

<p>For example, if the family have motorcycle and it is in good condition, but has got a puncture or plug is not working or general malfunction, and hence put in the house without using, but can be used with simple repair and the family is planning to use it after some repair, in such case even the family has not using at the time of enumeration, the motorcycle should be considered as a facility the family have. However, if the motorcycle is in very bad condition and cannot be used with simple repair and there is no certainty whether to use it or not in the future, in such case it is considered that they family do not have a motorcycle. Similar conditions apply to other remaining facilities. </p>

<p>The materials / stuffs of those services have been generally described below:</p>

<p>3. Cable television - Ask the family whether they have used cable television to watch foreign or national television channels through the means of wire or wireless in their own house or rental place for individual use. If the family is usually using such service, circle the reference 3. Nowadays, people are also using <span class="lang">Dish</span> home facilities (an umbrella type equipment placed at the roof of the house that gives clear sound and pictures from different national and foreign channels than those services provided by cable television, and many of them are paid basis). If the family has been using such types of services, consider it as the availability of cable television amenity and circle the reference 3.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if there is cable television available in the household.
Universe
Nepal 2011: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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