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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1999
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TZA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Reads newspaper once a week (W_NEWSWK)

Data file: TZA1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 427
End: 427
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
114. Do you read a newspaper or magazine 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
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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