Variable HC8D : Non-mobile phone

Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimal(s): 0
Range: 1-9
Valid case(s): 6392
Invalid: 493
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9

File: hh

Universe
Households with a completed household questionnaire (HH9=1).
Source of information
Head of household.

Categories

Value Category Cases
1 Yes 5841 91.4%
2 No 550 8.6%
9 Missing 1 0.0%
Sysmiss 493
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.

Literal question
Does your household have:
Interviewer instructions
The answers to the following two questions on ownership of certain items will be used as an approximate measure of the socio-economic status of the household. 

Read out each item and circle the code corresponding to the answer given after each item. If the respondent reports that a household item such as a radio is broken, try to find out how long it has been broken and whether it will be fixed. If the item appears to be out of use only temporarily, circle '1' for 'Yes'. Otherwise, circle '2' for 'No'. Be sure to circle either a '1' or a '2' for each item. Do not leave any blank.

Ask the question for the following items: Electricity, Radio, Television, Non-mobile telephone, Refrigerator?

Survey Coordinators: Each country should add to the list at least five items of furniture (such as a table, a chair, a sofa, a bed, an armoire, or a cupboard or cabinet). 

In addition, each country should add at least four additional household appliances so that the list includes at least three items that even a poor household may have, at least three items that a middle income household may have, and at least three items that a high income household may have. Some possible additions are clock, water pump, grain grinder, fan, blender, water heater, electric generator, washing machine, microwave oven, computer, VCR or DVD player, cassette or CD player, camera, air conditioner or cooler, colour TV, sewing machine.
Generated: OCT-19-2012 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit