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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Main source of information (SL2015A_INFOSRC)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 233
End: 234
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
[Questions H01, H06, and H07 were asked of all people. The rest of the questions in section III were recorded only for respondent's whose indicated type of residence was occupied housing units in question I15]</p>

<p>H16. What is the household main source of information?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Radio<br />[] 2. Television<br />[] 3. Print media<br />[] 4. Post mail<br />[] 5. Hand mail<br />[] 6. Social media<br />[] 7. Word of mouth<br />[] 8. Church / mosque<br />[] 9. Other ____</div>
Categories
Value Category
01 Radio
02 Television
03 Print media
04 Post mail
05 Hand mail
06 Social media
07 Word of mouth
08 Church or mosque
09 Other
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3"> Section 3: Housing facilities </span></p>

<p>186. Columns H01 to H19 relate to specific questions concerning the household. They are questions that relate to the household as a whole and not to individual members.</p>

<p><span class="em">H16 -- Main Source of information</span>
<br />204. Ask, 'what is the household's main source of information?' Different members of the household may have different sources of information, but only one response is required for the household as a whole. Therefore probe and elicit information about the main source the household relies on for information, and record the appropriate code. Only one code is required. Note that we are not interested in the ownership of the medium.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the main source of information for the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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