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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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HH has refrigerator (W_FRIDGE)

Data file: GHA1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 324
End: 324
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
120. Does your household have:
Electricity?
A radio that is working?
A television?
A refrigerator?

ELECTRICITY

YES 1
NO 2

RADIO

YES 1
NO 2

TELEVISION

YES 1
NO 2

REFRIGERATOR

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
6 Non-resident
8 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.

Description

Definition
FRIDGE (V122) indicates whether the household has a refrigerator. Some samples specified that the refrigerator must be working or must be owned by the household. See comparability.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Possessions Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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