Description

TELCEL indicates whether a person is a member of a family with at least one working cellular phone.

Interviewers asked, "Does anyone in your family have a working cellular telephone?" Thus, as noted above, TELCEL only provides information about whether the person is a member of a family with at least one working cellular telephone. TELCEL does not provide any information about which family member(s) has or have a working cellular telephone.

Researchers may want to use TELCEL in conjunction with the following variables:

• Number of working cell phones family has (TELCELNO)

• Family has 1+ currently working, non-cell phones inside home (TELNONCEL)

Comparability

The variable is completely comparable over time.

Universe

Availability

• 2003-2018

Weights

• 2003-2018 : PERWEIGHT