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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Reads newspaper: Bridging variable (C_NEWSBRIG)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 593
End: 594
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
115. 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
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.

concept

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