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2010 Census of Population and Housing - IPUMS Subset

Philippines, 2010
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Reference ID
PHL_2010_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Philippine Statistics Authority, IPUMS
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Own cellular phone (PH2010A_CELL)

Data file: PHL2010_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 254
End: 254
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
H14. Presence of household conveniences/devices - Does this household have the following household conveniences/deceives in working condition?</p>
<div class="i1">Write X in the box corresponding to the answer for each household convenience/device.</div><div class="i1">f. Cellular phone</div><div class="i2">[] Yes<br />[] No</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
<span class="h3">8.7 Instructions on Household Census Questions</span>
<br />The household question consists of questions on H12 to H15. Below are the instructions on how you will fill out these questions.</p>

<p><span class="em">H14-Presence of Household Conveniences/Devices</span>
<br />This item provides information on selected housing conveniences and information and communications technology (ICT) devices, the presence of which in the household indicates the means of communication through which the population can be most easily reached. This also provides a basis for leisure statistics. The presence of motor vehicles in the household provides data about access to private transport. It can also provide information for the construction of roads/bridges and solution to traffic problems.
<br />In general, the presence of household conveniences/devices can be used as proxy indicators in determining the socio-economic status of the household.
<br />Ask the question: "Does this household have the following household conveniences/devices in working condition?" and read out the items listed in the questionnaire one by one. Write "X" in the box for a Yes or No answer.</p>
<div class="i1">[] Radio/radio cassette<br />[] Television set<br />[] CD/VCD/DVD player<br />[] Component/stereo set<br />[] Landline/wireless telephone<br />[] Cellular phone<br />[] Personal computer<br />[] Refrigerator/freezer<br />[] Cooking range<br />[] Washing machine<br />[] Car/jeep/van<br />[] Motorcycle/tricycle<br />[] Motorized boat/banca</div><p>The category "radio/radio cassette" includes transistor radio, radiophone, stereo or karaoke. "Personal computer" includes desktop, laptop, notebook, and netbook.</p>

<p>Exclude any aforementioned household item which has not been in working condition for six months or longer (although intended to be repaired). Exclude also motor vehicles (cars/jeeps/vans, motorcycles/tricycles or motorized bancas/boats) which are used exclusively for business purposes.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household owns a cellular phone.
Universe
Philippines 2010: All households

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Utilities Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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