Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Frequency of watching television (W_TVFQ)

Data file: KEN2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 563

End: 564

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

117. Do you watch television almost every day, at least once a week, less than once a week or not at all?

ALMOST EVERY DAY 1
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 2
LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK 3
NOT AT ALL 4

Categories

Value	Category
00	Not at all
10	Less than once a week
20	Once a week or more
21	At least once a week
22	Almost every day
98	Missing
97	Don't know

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

TVFQ (V159) reports how often the woman usually watches television (not at all, less than once a week, at least once a week, or almost every day).

For a comparable variable asking whether the woman watches television at least once a week, see TVWK (V110). For a variable bridging TVFQ and TVWK (V110), see TVBRIG.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Media exposure Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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