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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Watches TV every week (W_TVWK)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 508
End: 508
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
117 Do you usually watch television 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
TVWK (V110) indicates whether the woman usually watches television at least once a week.

For a comparable variable reporting the frequency of watching television, see TVFQ (V159). For a variable bridging TVWK and TVFQ, see TVBRIG.

concept

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