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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2005
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Reference ID
EGY_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Frequency of watching television (B_TVFQ)

Data file: EGY2005-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 604
End: 605
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
122) Do you watch television almost every day, at least once a week, less than once a week or not at all?

ALMOST EVERY DAY 1
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 2
LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK 3
NOT AT ALL 4
Categories
Value Category
00 Not at all
10 Less than once a week
20 Once a week or more
21 At least once a week
22 Almost every day
98 Missing
97 Don't know
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
TVFQ (V159) reports how often the woman usually watches television (not at all, less than once a week, at least once a week, or almost every day).

For a comparable variable asking whether the woman watches television at least once a week, see TVWK (V110). For a variable bridging TVFQ and TVWK (V110), see TVBRIG.

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