Social Indicator Survey 2011-2012

Lao PDR, 2011 - 2012

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Reference ID

LAO_2011_MICS-DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Lao Statistics Bureau, United Nations Children’s Fund

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Jan 06, 2014

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Jan 06, 2014

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Cooking location (HC7)

Data file: hh

Overview

Valid: 18284

Invalid: 1676

Maximum: 9

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 88

End: 88

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Is the cooking usually done in the house, in a separate building or outdoors?
If “In the house“, probe: Is it done in a separate room used as a kitchen?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	In a separate room used as kitchen	8845	48.4%
2	Elsewhere in the house	5876	32.1%
3	In a separate building	2820	15.4%
4	Outdoors	640	3.5%
6	Other	63	0.3%
9	Missing	40	0.2%
Sysmiss		1676

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

Circle the code corresponding to the response given. Circle '1' if the cooking is done in a separate room designated as a kitchen. Circle '2' if the cooking is done in an area used for living, sitting, sleeping, and not in a separate kitchen or building. Circle '3' if the cooking is done in another building and '4' only if the cooking is usually done outdoors.

If a response is given other than the pre-coded ones, circle '6' and specify the cooking place on the line provided.

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.

Description

Source of information

Head of household or other responsible household member

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