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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Mobile phone (SL2015A_CELL)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 291
End: 291
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h1"> Section IV: Ownership of durables</span></p>

<p>Does the household own any of the following?</p>

<p>(Record only items in working condition)</p>

<p>08 Mobile phone</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br />[] 3 Don't know</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
This variable indicates whether the household owns a mobile phone.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancy: type I trace; type II 46.5%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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