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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Reads newspaper once a week (W_NEWSWK)

Data file: BGD2000-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 459
End: 459
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
112. How often do you read newspaper or magazine: every day, at least once a week, or less than once a week?

EVERY DAY 1
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 2
LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK 3
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
NEWSWK (V109) indicates whether the woman usually reads a newspaper or magazine at least once a week.

For a comparable variable reporting the frequency of newspaper or magazine reading, see NEWSFQ (V157). For a variable bridging NEWSWK and NEWSFQ, see NEWSBRIG.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Media exposure Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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