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Population Census, 1996 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1996
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ZAF_1996_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Access to telephone facilities (ZA1996A_PHONE)

Data file: ZAF1996_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 142
End: 142
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="ZA96A030 ZA96A031 ZA96A032 ZA96A033 ZA96A034 ZA96A035 ZA96A036"><span class="em">Services used by this household</span><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="ZA96A036">2.5. Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone? (Circle only one code)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 = In this dwelling/cellular phone<br />[] 2 = At a neighbour nearby<br />[] 3 = At a public telephone nearby<br />[] 4 = At another location nearby e.g. work<br />[] 5 = At another location not nearby<br />[] 6 = No access to a telephone</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Household: In this dwelling/cellular phone
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 nearby
6 Household: No access to a telephone
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.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the household's access to telephone.
Universe
South Africa 1996: Private households [discrepancies: none]

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