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2001 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Botswana, 2001
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Reference ID
BWA_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Office, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Jul 30, 2025
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Ownership of computer (BW2001A_COMPUTR)

Data file: BWA2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 210
End: 210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E20. Does any member of this household own a working: (in this housing unit)</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Van/<span class="lang">bakkie</span><br />[] 2 Car<br />[] 4 Tractor<br />[] 8 Donkey cart<br />[] 16 Bicycle<br />[] 32 Wheelbarrow<br />[] 64 Radio<br />[] 128 TV<br />[] 256 Computer<br />[] 512 Phone<br />[] 1024 <span class="lang">Mokoro</span>/boat<br />[] 2048 Sewing machine</div>
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Unknown
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.
Interviewer instructions
151b. <span class="em">Column E21</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Q: Does any member of this household own a working?</span></p>

<p>You should circle the appropriate code(s) if any member of the household owns any of the following durables in good working order:</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Van/<span class="lang">bakkie</span><br />[] 2 Car<br />[] 4 Tractor<br />[] 8 Donkey cart<br />[] 16 Bicycle (kids bicycles are excluded in this category)<br />[] 32 Wheelbarrow<br />[] 64 Radio<br />[] 128 TV<br />[] 256 Computer<br />[] 512 Phone</div>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether any member of the household owns a working computer.
Universe
Botswana 2001: Private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Appliances, Mechanicals, Other Amenities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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