Population Census 1996

South Africa, 1996

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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa

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Telephone facilities (telephon)

Data file: SA Census 1996 Hhold_v01

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 8

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Literal question

2.5 Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone?

Categories

Value	Category
1	Household : In this dwelling/cellular ph
2	Household : At a neighbour nearby
3	Household : At a public telephone nearby
4	Household : At another location nearby
5	Household : At another location not near
6	Household : No access to a telephone
9	Unspecified/Dummy

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

This variable reflects the the location at which members of the enumerated household mainly use the telephone.

Universe

Every household at night between Wednesday 9 October and Thursday 10 October 1996.

Others

Notes

Households were asked ‘Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone?’ and a list of six
options was provided.

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