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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2006
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NPL_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Data file: NPL2006-B.dat

Birth records

Cases: 26394

Variables

B_SAMPLE
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier
B_SAMPLESTR
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier (string)
B_COUNTRY
Country
B_YEAR
Year of sample
B_IDHSPID
Unique cross-sample respondent identifier
B_IDHSHID
Unique cross-sample household identifier
B_DHSID
Key to link DHS clusters to context data (string)
B_IDHSPSU
Unique sample-case PSU identifier
B_IDHSSTRATA
Unique cross-sample sampling strata
B_CASEID
Sample-specific respondent identifier
B_HHID
Sample-specific household identifier
B_PSU
Sample-specific primary sampling unit
B_STRATA
Sample-specific sampling strata
B_DOMAIN
Sample-specific domain
B_HHNUM
Household number in cluster
B_CLUSTERNO
Sample-specific cluster number
B_ULTAREAUNIT
Sample-specific ultimate area unit
B_LINENO
Household line number of woman respondent
B_LINENOHHRESP
Respondent's line number (answering Household questionnaire)
B_LINENOHUS
Household line number of respondent's husband
B_BIDX
Birth history index number
B_PERWEIGHT
Sample weight for persons
B_AWFACTT
All woman factor for total population
B_MENSELHH
Household selected for men's/husband's survey (individual-level)
B_HEMOSELECT
Household selected for hemoglobin measurements
B_INTYEAR_NP
Year of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_MONTHINT_NP
Month of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTDAY_NP
Day of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTDATECMC_NP
Century month date of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTSTARTCMC
Century month code (CMC) for start of survey
B_INTENDCMC
Century month code (CMC) for end of survey
B_INTSTART
Time interview started (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTEND
Time interview ended (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTDURATION
Length of interview (minutes)
B_INTVISITNO
Number of visits for the interview
B_INTRESULT
Result of individual interview
B_EVMARALLSAMP
Ever-married or all-women sample
B_INTERVIEWERIDIR
Identification number of interviewer, women's survey
B_INTERVIEWERIDHH
Identification number of interviewer, household survey
B_URBAN
Urban-rural status
B_DEFACTORES
De facto place of residence
B_RESIDEINTYR
Years lived in place of residence
B_PREVRESTYP
Type of place of previous residence
B_GEO_NP1996_2011
Nepal regions, 1996-2011 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEO_NP1996_2016
Nepal regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEOALT_NP1996_2016
Nepal ecological regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEO_NP2006
Nepal regions, 2006 [GIS]
B_AGE
Age
B_AGE5YEAR
Age in 5 year groups
B_BIRTHMO_NP
Woman's month of birth (Nepali calendar)
B_BIRTHYEAR_NP
Woman's year of birth (Nepali calendar)
B_DOBCMC_NP
Respondent's date of birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
B_DOBINFORESP
Information given on respondent's date of birth
B_RESIDENT
Usual resident or visitor
B_RELATE
Respondent's relationship to HH head
B_PREGNANT
Currently pregnant
B_DURCURPREG
Duration of current pregnancy
B_TRIPAWAYMO
Months away from home in last 12 months
B_TRIPAWAYIA
Destination of travel in last 12 months: India
B_TRIPAWAYNP
Destination of travel in last 12 months: Nepal
B_TRIPAWAYOTH
Destination of travel in last 12 months: Other country
B_RELIGION
Religion
B_ETHNICITYNP
Ethnicity, Nepal
B_MARSTAT
Woman's current marital or union status
B_EVERMARRIED
Ever been married
B_CURRMARR
Woman never, currently, or formerly married
B_UNION1MORE
Woman had one or more than one union
B_AGEFRSTMAR
Age at first marriage or cohabitation
B_HUSAGE
Age of husband/partner
B_DURMARGRP
Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped)
B_MAR1STMO_NP
Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
B_MAR1STYR_NP
Year of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
B_YRSTO1STMAR
Years since starting date of 1st marriage or union
B_MAR1STCMC_NP
Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC), Nepal
B_MAR1STDATINFO
Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union
B_MARCON1STAGE
Age at first marriage contract
B_MARCON1STMO_NP
Month of first marriage contract (Nepali calendar)
B_MARCON1STYR_NP
Year of first marriage contract (Nepali calendar)
B_MARTO1STBORNMO
Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth
B_WIFENUM
Number of other wives
B_HUSBINHOME
Husband/partner lives in woman's household
B_HUSAWAYTIM
Time husband has been living away
B_CHEB
Total children ever born
B_TOTBIRTHIST
Number of entries in the birth history
B_SONSATHOME
Number of own sons living at home
B_DAUSATHOME
Number of own daughters living at home
B_SONSAWAYHOME
Number of own sons living away from home
B_DAUSAWAYHOME
Number of own daughters living away from home
B_SONSDIED
Number of own sons who have died
B_DAUSDIED
Number of own daughters who have died
B_BIRTHSIN5YRS
Number of births in last 5 years
B_BIRTHSIN1YR
Number of births in the past year
B_BIRTHSIN1MO
Total number of births in month of interview
B_DOB1STKIDCMC_NP
Date of respondent's first birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
B_TIMEMENSTRUATE
Time since woman's last menstrual period
B_MENSTRUATE6WK
Woman menstruated last 6 weeks
B_OVCYCLE
When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely
B_CHEBALIVE
Total number of living children born to respondent
B_CHSURVPLUSPG
Total number of living children including current pregnancy
B_CHEBALIVETRUNC
Total number of living children, truncated at 6+
B_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO
Interval between last birth and interview, in months
B_CONCEPTDATEFLAG
Completeness of information on date of conception, current pregnancy
B_MENSTIMFLAG
Flag for reported time since last menstrual period
B_PREGTERMIN
Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth
B_PREGTERMINMO_NP
Calendar month of pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMINYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMTIM
Months pregnant when pregnancy terminated
B_PREGTERMPREV
Respondent had previous pregnancy terminations (prior to last 5 years)
B_PRECALBIDX
Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar
B_BIRTHSOTHER
Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview
B_BIRTHSTOT3YR
Total births in last 3 years prior to interview
B_PRECALTERM
Had pregnancies ending in miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth before calendar beginning
B_PRECALTERMMO_NP
Month of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMCOMP
Completeness of information for last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
B_TIMEMENSCALC
Computed time since last menstrual period
B_AGEAT1STBIRTH
Age of respondent at time of first birth
B_PREGTERMINTOTAL
Total number of miscarriages, abortions, and stillbirths in life
B_PREGTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMFLAG
Date flag for last terminated pregnancy
B_HHMEMTOTAL
Total number of household members
B_HHKIDLT5
Number of children under 5 in household
B_HHELIGWOMEN
Number of eligible women in household
B_HHEADAGE
Age of household head
B_HHEADAGEHH
Age of household head (from HH record)
B_HHEADSEX
Sex of household head
B_HHEADSEXHH
Sex of household head (from hh record)
B_FAMSTRUCTR
Relationship structure in HH
B_SLEEPROOMS
Number of rooms in HH used for sleeping
B_WALL
Main material of outside walls of dwelling
B_FLOOR
Main material of floor
B_ROOF
Main material of roof
B_ELECTRC
Has electricity
B_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
B_COOKFUEL
Type of fuel household uses for cooking
B_KITCHEN
Household has separate room for kitchen
B_COOKHOW
Whether food is cooked on open or closed heat source
B_CHIMHOOD
HH fire or stove has chimney or hood
B_COOKWHERE
Where cooking is usually done
B_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
B_TOILETSHAREYN
Household shares toilet facility
B_TOILSHARNUMT
Number of other households sharing hh's toilet, topcoded
B_NDRINKWTR
Major source of non-drinking water
B_DRINKWTR
Major source of drinking water
B_WTRLOCATED
HH water source located in dwelling, plot, or elsewhere
B_TIMETOWTRIND
Time to water source (from individual respondent record)
B_TIMETOWTRHH
Time to reach water source and return, in minutes (from HH record)
B_TREATWTRYN
Household uses any method to treat drinking water
B_TRBLEACH
HH treats water by: Adding bleach/chlorine
B_TRBOIL
HH treats water by: Boiling
B_TRCLOTH
HH treats water by: Straining through cloth
B_TRFILTER
HH treats water by: Using water filters
B_TRSOLAR
HH treats water by: Solar disinfection
B_TRSTAND
HH treats water by: Letting it stand
B_TROTHER
HH treats water by: Other methods
B_TRDK
HH treats water by: Don't know
B_WHOFETCHAGE
Age of household member who fetches water
B_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
B_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
B_MOBPHONE
HH has mobile phone
B_PC
HH has personal computer
B_BIKE
HH has bicycle
B_BIKEHH
HH has bicycle (from HH record)
B_CAR
HH has car/truck
B_CARHH
HH has car/truck (from HH record)
B_MOTORCYCL
HH has motorcycle/scooter
B_MOTORCYCLHH
HH has motorcycle/scooter (from HH record)
B_TRUCKVAN
HH has transport equipment (van, van, bus, taxi)
B_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
B_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
B_RADIO
HH has radio
B_RADIOHH
HH has radio (from HH record)
B_TELEVISION
HH has television
B_TVHH
HH has television (from HH record)
B_ELECFAN
HH has electric fan
B_WATCHCLOCK
HH has watch or clock
B_BED
HH has bed
B_CHAIR
HH has chair
B_SOFA
HH has sofa
B_TABLE
HH has table
B_CUPBOARDYN
HH has cupboard
B_BANKACC
HH has bank account
B_AGLANDYN
HH owns land for agriculture (yes or no)
B_DRAWNCART
HH has animal-drawn cart
B_GRAINGR
HH has grain grinder
B_LIVESTOCKYN
HH owns livestock
B_COWBULLYN
HH owns cows/bulls (yes or no)
B_COWBULLNUM
Number of cows/bulls owned by HH
B_HORSEMULEYN
HH owns horses/donkeys/mules
B_HORSEMULENUM
Number of horses/donkeys/mules owned by HH
B_SHEEPYN
HH owns sheep (yes or no)
B_SHEEPNUM
Number of sheep owned by HH
B_GOATYN
HH owns goats (yes or no)
B_GOATNUM
Number of goats owned by HH
B_PIGYN
HH owns pigs (yes or no)
B_PIGNUM
Number of pigs owned by HH
B_BUFFALOYN
HH owns buffalo (yes or no)
B_BUFFALONUM
Number of buffaloes owned by HH
B_YAKYN
HH owns yaks (yes or no)
B_YAKNUM
Number of yaks owned by HH
B_CHICKYN
HH owns chickens (yes or no)
B_CHICKNUM
Number of chickens owned by HH (topcoded)
B_DUCKNUM
Number of ducks owned by HH
B_BEDNETHH
Household has bednet for sleeping
B_BEDNETNUM
Number of mosquito nets owned by HH
B_CURRWORK
Currently working
B_JOBABSENT
Woman has job from which she was absent in past week
B_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
B_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
B_WKHOMEAWAY
Woman works at home or away from home
B_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
B_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
B_WKTYPELAND
Type of land where respondent works
B_WKEARNTYPE
Type of earnings for respondent's work
B_HUSJOB
Partner's occupation
B_WKEARNSMORE
Woman's earnings relative to husband/partner's earnings
B_WEALTHQ
Household wealth index in quintiles
B_WEALTHS
Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
B_LIT2
Literacy, based on reading passage
B_LITBRIG
Literacy bridging variable
B_LITPROGRAMEV
Respondent ever attended literacy program
B_EDUCLVL
Highest educational level
B_YRSCHL
Highest year of education in level
B_EDYRTOTAL
Total years education
B_EDACHIEVER
Summary educational achievement
B_HUSEDLVL
Partner's educational level
B_HUSEDYR
Partner's highest year of education in level
B_HUSEDYRS
Partner's education in total years schooling
B_HUSEDACHIEVER
Husband's summary educational achievement
B_HUSEDLVLNP
Partner's education level (Nepal)
B_NEWSFQ
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
B_NEWSBRIG
Reads newspaper: Bridging variable
B_TVFQ
Frequency of watching television
B_TVBRIG
Watches television: Bridging variable
B_RADIOFQ
Frequency of listening to radio
B_RADIOBRIG
Listens to radio: Bridging variable
B_DECBIGHH
Final say on making large household purchases
B_DECDAILYPUR
Final say on household purchases for daily needs
B_DECFAMVISIT
Final say on visits to family or relatives
B_DECFEMEARN
Final say on spending woman's earnings
B_DECHUSEARN
Final say on spending husband's earnings
B_DECFEMHCARE
Final say on woman's health care
B_FERTPREF
Fertility preferences
B_UNMETNEED
Unmet need for FP
B_UNMETNEED2
Unmet need for FP (2nd def)
B_KIDDESIRE
Desire for more children
B_FPLCHDESIRE
Wanted last child
B_PGDESIRE
Time wanted current pregnancy
B_IDEALKID
Ideal number of children
B_IDEALKIDGRP
Ideal number of children (grouped)
B_IDEALBOYS
Ideal number of boy children
B_IDEALGIRLS
Ideal number of girl children
B_IDEALBOTH
Ideal number of children of either sex
B_IDEALBTHFUT
Ideal time before future birth
B_PREFTIMECH
Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child
B_PREFTIMECHGP
Preferred waiting time for birth of a(nother) child (grouped)
B_FPDECIDER
Decision-maker for using FP
B_HUSFERTPREF
Husband's desire for children
B_HUSPROFP
Husband approves FP use
B_FPHUSKNOUS
Husband knows respondent is using FP
B_ABORTLEGAL
Thinks abortion is legal
B_FPKNOTYP
Know any type of FP method
B_FPKNOPILL
Know about Pill for FP
B_FPKNOIUD
Know about IUD for FP
B_FPKNOINJ
Know about injectable FP
B_FPKNOCON
Know about condom for FP
B_FPKNOFST
Know about female sterilization for FP
B_FPKNOMST
Know about male sterilization for FP
B_FPKNOIMP
Know about implants or Norplant for FP
B_FPKNOWD
Know about withdrawal for FP
B_FPKNORHY
Know about rhythm for FP
B_FPKNOOM
Knows about other contraceptive as a method of family planning
B_FPCUREFF
Told about side effects of FP method
B_FPCURDEAL
Told how to deal with side effects of FP method
B_FPCUREFFWKR
Told about side effects by family planning worker
B_FPCUROM
Told about other FP methods
B_FPCUROMWKR
Ever told about other family planning methods by FP worker
B_FPTYPNOW
Current FP use by method type (folk, traditional, modern)
B_FPUSPATRN
Pattern of use of contraceptive method
B_FPMETHNOW
Current method of FP
B_FPNOWUSPILL
FP method currently used: Pill
B_FPNOWUSINJ
FP method currently used: Injections
B_FPNOWUSIUD
FP method currently used: IUD
B_FPNOWUSIMP
FP method currently used: Implants
B_FPNOWUSFST
FP method currently used: Female sterilization
B_FPNOWUSMST
FP method currently used: Male sterilization
B_FPNOWUSDIA
FP method currently used: Diaphragm
B_FPNOWUSCON
FP method currently used: Condom
B_FPNOWUSFJ
FP method currently used: Foam and jelly
B_FPNOWUSEMRG
FP method currently used: Emergency contraception
B_FPNOWUSRHY
FP method currently used: Rhythm
B_FPNOWUSWD
FP method currently used: Withdrawal
B_FPNOWUSOM
FP method currently used: Other method
B_FPCURSTMO_NP
Month of calendar year when started using current FP method (Nepali calendar)
B_FPCURSTYR_NP
Year when started using current FP method (Nepali calendar)
B_FPCURSTCMC_NP
Date when started using current FP method (CMC) (Nepali calendar)
B_FPCURCOMP
Completeness of information: Start date of current method
B_FPCURNOMO
Months of use of current family planning method
B_FPNOW1SRC
First source for contraception for current method
Total: 980
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