114 During the last 4 weeks, did 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
00
No
01
No, not at all
02
No, less than once a week
10
Yes
11
At least once a week
12
Almost every day
98
Missing
99
NIU (not in universe)
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
NEWSBRIG serves as a bridging variable between two approaches to collecting information on exposure to newspapers and magazines. For DHS Phases 1-3, respondents were asked whether they read a newspaper or magazine at least once a week (NEWSWK (V109)). Beginning in DHS Phase 4, respondents were asked how often they read newspapers or magazines (NEWSFQ (V157)).
NEWSBRIG uses composite coding to combine data from these two approaches. See Comparability for more information.