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Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2001
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ZAF_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics South Africa, IPUMS
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Type of telephone access (ZA2001A_PHONETY)

Data file: ZAF2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 223
End: 223
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A032 ZA01A033 ZA01A034 ZA01A035 ZA01A036 ZA01A037 ZA01A039">H-29. Household goods<br /><div class="i1">Does the household have any of the following (in working condition)? Dot the appropriate box for each item.<br />Radio<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No<br />Television<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No<br />Computer<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N =No<br />Refrigerator<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No<br />Telephone in the dwelling<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No<br />Cell-phone<br />[] Y = Yes<br />[] N = No<br />If yes to telephone or cellphone go to H-30</div><br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="ZA01A038" v="ZA01A038 ZA01A039">H-29a. Access to telephone (If no to "telephone" and "cell-phone" in H-28)<br /><div class="i1">_ Where do members of this household mainly use a telephone? Write only one code in the box.<br />1 = At a neighbour nearby<br />2 = At a public telephone nearby<br />3 = At another location nearby<br />4 = At another location, not nearby<br />5 = No access to a telephone</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Telephone in dwelling and cell-phone
2 Telephone in dwelling only
3 Cell-phone only
4 At a neighbour nearby
5 At a public telephone nearby
6 At another location nearby
7 At another location, not nearby
8 No access to a telephone
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
<svar a="all" v="ZA01A038 ZA01A039"><span class="em">Question H-29a -- Access to telephone</span><br />Ask of households which have neither a telephone in the house nor a cell-phone.<br /><br /><span class="em">"Where do members of this household MAINLY use a telephone?"</span><br /><br />There are 5 alternatives; choose one on the basis of the answer given and write it in the box. "Nearby" is to be defined quite subjectively.<br /><br />If the household can use a telephone at a person's <span class="em">workplace</span>, dot alternative 2, 3.or 4.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the type of phone service available.
Universe
South Africa 2001: Private households and non-institutional collective living quarters [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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