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Population and Family Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2009
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JOR_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics [Jordan] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of computers owned by HH (W_PCNUM)

Data file: JOR2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 418
End: 419
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
111A) Does your household have a computer?

IF YES: How many?
IF NONE, RECORD '0'. If 7 OR MORE, RECORD 7.

NUMBER OF COMPUTERS________
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7+
96 Non-resident
98 Missing
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
PCNUM reports the number of personal computers owned by the household. The related variable PC indicates whether the household has a personal computer.

The information in PCNUM is taken from the household record and applies to household residents. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors (coded "2") using:

RESIDENT when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis
HHRESIDENT when household members are the unit of analysis
RESIDENTMN when men are the unit of analysis

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Possessions Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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