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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
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Frequency of watching television (C_TVFQ)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 595
End: 596
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
117. Do you watch television almost every day, at least once a week, less than once a week or not 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 Not at all
10 Less than once a week
20 Once a week or more
21 At least once a week
22 Almost every day
98 Missing
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
TVFQ (V159) reports how often the woman usually watches television (not at all, less than once a week, at least once a week, or almost every day).

For a comparable variable asking whether the woman watches television at least once a week, see TVWK (V110). For a variable bridging TVFQ and TVWK (V110), see TVBRIG.

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