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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 1996
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ZMB_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office, Ministry of Health [Zambia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Reads newspaper once a week (W_NEWSWK)

Data file: ZMB1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 482
End: 482
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
115. How often do you usually read a newspaper or magazine? Would you say every day, every other day, at least once a week, at least once a month, a few times a year, or never?
CIRCLE ONLY ONCE ANSWER.

EVERYDAY 1
EVERY OTHER DAY 2
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 3
AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH 4
FEW TIMES A YEAR 5
NEVER 6
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.

concept

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