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Social Indicator Survey II 2017

Lao PDR, 2017
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Reference ID
LAO_2017_MICS-DHS_v01_M
Producer(s)
Government of Lao PDR, United Nations Children’s Fund
Collection(s)
UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)
Metadata
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Jan 11, 2019
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Mobile phone usage in the last 3 months (MT12)

Data file: wm

Overview

Valid: 25305
Invalid: 783
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 109
End: 109
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
During the last 3 months, did you use a mobile telephone at least once a week, less than once a week or not at all?
Probe if necessary: I mean have you communicated with someone using a mobile phone.
Categories
Value Category Cases
0 NOT AT ALL 5537
21.9%
1 LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK 2210
8.7%
2 AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 4294
17%
3 ALMOST EVERY DAY 13254
52.4%
9 NO RESPONSE 10
0%
Sysmiss 783
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.
Interviewer instructions
If ‘At least once a week’, probe: Would you say this happens almost every day?
If ‘Yes’ record 3, if ‘No’ record 2.
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