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2011 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2011
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TTO_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Use of mobile phone (TT2011A_USEMOB)

Data file: TTO2011_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 312
End: 312
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 10: Individual Use of Information and Communication Technology - For persons three (3) years and over</span></p>

<p>34. Use of mobile phone</p>
<div class="i1">Did (N) [the respondent] have use of a mobile telephone during some or all of the last 3 months?<br /><br />[] 01 Yes<br />[] 02 No<br />[] 09 NS</div>
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Value Category
0 NIU (not in universe)
1 Yes
2 No
9 Unknown
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 9 - Census Night</span></p>

<p>Census Night is concerned with where the individual actually spent census night. This refers to the period up to midnight of Census Day i.e. up to midnight on the 16th May 2010.</p>

<p><span class="h3">Section 10 - Individual use of information and communication technology</span></p>

<p><span class="em">10.2. Mobile cellular phone</span></p>

<p>A mobile cellular telephone refers to a portable telephone subscribing to a
<br />public mobile telephone service using cellular technology. This includes analogue and digital cellular systems. Users of both post-paid subscriptions and pre-paid accounts are included.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person used a mobile phone in the past three months.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2011: Persons age 3+ in private households living in Trinidad and Tobago [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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