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The 1980 Population and Housing Census of Thailand - IPUMS Subset

Thailand, 1980
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Radio (TH1980A_RADIO)

Data file: THA1980_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 163
End: 163
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">Part 3. Housing Questions (For Private Household)</span></p>

<p>[Questions H1-H18 were asked of private households.]</p>

<p><svar a="all" v="TH80A058 TH80A059 TH80A060 TH80A061 TH80A062 TH80A063 TH80A064 TH80A065 TH80A066 TH80A067 TH80A068 TH80A069">H18. Household Appliance<br /><br /><div class="i1">Radio</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Television</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Telephone</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Refrigerator</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Electric Fan</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Air-conditioner</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Bicycle</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Motorcycle</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Motorcar</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Motorboat</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><div class="i1">Water pump for agriculture use</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Tractor</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No</div><br /></svar>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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
<span class="h3">3.38 Appliance or Utensil in Possession:</span></p>

<p>The appliances or utensils are in use and in good condition or in the process of repair. A person may own, possess, or not have to own such utensils. All the goods which are for sale, or are being repaired in the shop or the mending shop, are not considered as utensils or appliances in possession.</p>

<p>All appliances, utensils, equipments, or tools which are used for performing careers such as rented vehicles, refrigerator in the drinking shop. If they are also used</p>

<p><span class="pg">p. 38</span></p>

<p>for private purpose, they are counted as appliances in possession. If they are not used for private purpose at all, they are not counted as utensils or appliances in possession.
<br />
<br />Government vehicle for a particular person of high ranking position in the government, if such vehicle is used only by one person, it is counted as the utensil in possession.
<br />Automobile refers to a private car, rented car, pick-up truck, but not include a truck, freight car, coach or bus.</p>

<p>An Engine boat refers to a small boat with an engine mounted in the middle, or at the tail of the boat, but not includes large engine boats for goods transport.</p>

<p><span class="em">Section 3 Questions on Housing </span>
<br />(Ask only private household)</p>

<p>Questions on housing are concerned with living places of every private household in municipal area. For those outside municipal area and Bangkok, ask only the sample households.</p>

<p><span class="em">Guideline for questioning and recording</span><div class="i1">1. Ask conditions of living place by household not by person.<br />2. If a household living in many houses in the same area, consider the house where head of the household lives.<br />3. If several households living in the same house, consider conditions of the living place of the main household, other households or conditions of living are regarded as rooms in the house.<br />4. In recording answer, circle one code number only. If answer is "others," specify and record the answer clearly.<br />5. The question that has no answer code, record statement or number in the blank on the dot line.</div><span class="em">H 18. Possession of utensils on the date of census</span></p>

<p>Ask "Normally, does the household possess the following items?</p>

<p>Circle Code 1 if the household possesses it, and circle Code 2 if the household does not possess it.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates if the household has a radio.
Universe
Thailand 1980: Private households [discrepancies: type I none; type II 0.4%]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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