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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Reads newspaper once a week (C_NEWSWK)

Data file: BEN1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 492
End: 492
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
115) Do you usually read a newspaper, a magazine, or any type of document at least once a week?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
NEWSWK (V109) indicates whether the woman usually reads a newspaper or magazine at least once a week.

For a comparable variable reporting the frequency of newspaper or magazine reading, see NEWSFQ (V157). For a variable bridging NEWSWK and NEWSFQ, see NEWSBRIG.

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