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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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Reference ID
BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Frequency of watching television (W_TVFQ)

Data file: BGD2000-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 465
End: 466
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
114A. How often do you watch television: every day, at least once a week, or less than once a week?

EVERY DAY 1
AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK 2
LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK 3
Categories
Value Category
00 Not at all
10 Less than once a week
20 Once a week or more
21 At least once a week
22 Almost every day
98 Missing
97 Don't know
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
TVFQ (V159) reports how often the woman usually watches television (not at all, less than once a week, at least once a week, or almost every day).

For a comparable variable asking whether the woman watches television at least once a week, see TVWK (V110). For a variable bridging TVFQ and TVWK (V110), see TVBRIG.

concept

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