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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1996
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ZMB_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Watches television: Bridging variable (C_TVBRIG)

Data file: ZMB1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 490
End: 491
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
117. How often do you usually watch television? Would you say every day, every other day, at least once a week, at least once a month, a few times a year, or never?
CIRCLE ONLY ONCE ANSWER.

EVERYDAY 1
EVERY OTHER DAY 2
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 3
AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 4
FEW TIMES A YEAR 5
NEVER 6
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
TVBRIG serves as a bridging variable between two approaches to collecting information on exposure to television. For DHS Phases 1-3, respondents were asked whether they watch television at least once a week (TVWK (V110)). Beginning in DHS Phase 4, respondents were asked how often they watch television (TVFQ (V159)).

TVBRIG uses composite coding to combine data from these two approaches; see Comparability.

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