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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Data file: NPL2016-C.dat

Child records

Cases: 5038

Variables

C_SAMPLE
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier
C_SAMPLESTR
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier (string)
C_COUNTRY
Country
C_YEAR
Year of sample
C_IDHSPID
Unique cross-sample respondent identifier
C_IDHSHID
Unique cross-sample household identifier
C_DHSID
Key to link DHS clusters to context data (string)
C_IDHSPSU
Unique sample-case PSU identifier
C_IDHSSTRATA
Unique cross-sample sampling strata
C_CASEID
Sample-specific respondent identifier
C_HHID
Sample-specific household identifier
C_PSU
Sample-specific primary sampling unit
C_STRATA
Sample-specific sampling strata
C_DOMAIN
Sample-specific domain
C_HHNUM
Household number in cluster
C_CLUSTERNO
Sample-specific cluster number
C_ULTAREAUNIT
Sample-specific ultimate area unit
C_LINENO
Household line number of woman respondent
C_LINENOHHRESP
Respondent's line number (answering Household questionnaire)
C_LINENOHUS
Household line number of respondent's husband
C_MIDX
Maternity history index to birth history
C_BIDX
Birth history index number
C_HIDX
Health history index to birth history
C_KIDHIDX
Child health index to birth history
C_PERWEIGHT
Sample weight for persons
C_AWFACTT
All woman factor for total population
C_MENSELHH
Household selected for men's/husband's survey (individual-level)
C_DVSELHH
Household selected for domestic violence module
C_DVMODULE
Selected for domestic violence module
C_DVWEIGHT
Weight for domestic violence module
C_HEMOSELECT
Household selected for hemoglobin measurements
C_INTYEAR_NP
Year of interview (Nepali calendar)
C_MONTHINT_NP
Month of interview (Nepali calendar)
C_INTDAY_NP
Day of interview (Nepali calendar)
C_INTDATECMC_NP
Century month date of interview (Nepali calendar)
C_INTDATECDC_NP
Century day date of interview (Nepali calendar)
C_INTSTARTCMC
Century month code (CMC) for start of survey
C_INTENDCMC
Century month code (CMC) for end of survey
C_INTSTART
Time interview started (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
C_INTEND
Time interview ended (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
C_INTDURATION
Length of interview (minutes)
C_INTVISITNO
Number of visits for the interview
C_INTRESULT
Result of individual interview
C_EVMARALLSAMP
Ever-married or all-women sample
C_INTERVIEWERIDIR
Identification number of interviewer, women's survey
C_INTERVIEWERIDHH
Identification number of interviewer, household survey
C_URBAN
Urban-rural status
C_RESIDEINTYR
Years lived in place of residence
C_PREVRESTYP
Type of place of previous residence
C_PREVREGIONNP
Region of previous residence (Nepal)
C_PREVDISTNP
District of previous residence (Nepal)
C_GEO_NP1996_2016
Nepal regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
C_GEOALT_NP1996_2016
Nepal ecological regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
C_GEO_NP2016
Nepal regions, 2016 [GIS]
C_AGE
Age
C_AGE5YEAR
Age in 5 year groups
C_BIRTHMO_NP
Woman's month of birth (Nepali calendar)
C_BIRTHYEAR_NP
Woman's year of birth (Nepali calendar)
C_DOBCMC_NP
Respondent's date of birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
C_DOBINFORESP
Information given on respondent's date of birth
C_PREGNANT
Currently pregnant
C_DURCURPREG
Duration of current pregnancy
C_TRIPSAWAYR
Number of trips away from home in last 12 months
C_TRIPAWAY1MO
Respondent away from home for over 1 month in last year
C_RELIGION
Religion
C_ETHNICITYNP
Ethnicity, Nepal
C_MARSTAT
Woman's current marital or union status
C_EVERMARRIED
Ever been married
C_CURRMARR
Woman never, currently, or formerly married
C_UNION1MORE
Woman had one or more than one union
C_AGEFRSTMAR
Age at first marriage or cohabitation
C_HUSAGE
Age of husband/partner
C_DURMARGRP
Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped)
C_MAR1STMO_NP
Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
C_MAR1STYR_NP
Year of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
C_YRSTO1STMAR
Years since starting date of 1st marriage or union
C_MAR1STCMC_NP
Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC), Nepal
C_MAR1STDATINFO
Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union
C_MARCERTIF
Respondent has marriage certificate
C_MARTO1STBORNMO
Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth
C_WIFENUM
Number of other wives
C_WIFERANK
Wife rank number
C_HUSBINHOME
Husband/partner lives in woman's household
C_HUSAWAYTIM
Time husband has been living away
C_CHEB
Total children ever born
C_TOTBIRTHIST
Number of entries in the birth history
C_SONSATHOME
Number of own sons living at home
C_DAUSATHOME
Number of own daughters living at home
C_SONSAWAYHOME
Number of own sons living away from home
C_DAUSAWAYHOME
Number of own daughters living away from home
C_SONSDIED
Number of own sons who have died
C_DAUSDIED
Number of own daughters who have died
C_BIRTHSIN5YRS
Number of births in last 5 years
C_BIRTHSIN1YR
Number of births in the past year
C_BIRTHSIN1MO
Total number of births in month of interview
C_DOB1STKIDCMC_NP
Date of respondent's first birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
C_TIMEMENSTRUATE
Time since woman's last menstrual period
C_MENSTRUATE6WK
Woman menstruated last 6 weeks
C_OVCYCLE
When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely
C_CHEBALIVE
Total number of living children born to respondent
C_CHSURVPLUSPG
Total number of living children including current pregnancy
C_CHEBALIVETRUNC
Total number of living children, truncated at 6+
C_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO
Interval between last birth and interview, in months
C_CONCEPTDATEFLAG
Completeness of information on date of conception, current pregnancy
C_MENSTIMFLAG
Flag for reported time since last menstrual period
C_PREGTERMIN
Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth
C_PREGTERMINMO_NP
Calendar month of pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
C_PREGTERMINYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
C_PREGTERMTIM
Months pregnant when pregnancy terminated
C_PREGTERMPREV
Respondent had previous pregnancy terminations (prior to last 5 years)
C_PRECALBIDX
Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar
C_BIRTHSOTHER
Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview
C_BIRTHSTOT3YR
Total births in last 3 years prior to interview
C_PRECALTERM
Had pregnancies ending in miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth before calendar beginning
C_PRECALTERMMO_NP
Month of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
C_PRECALTERMYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
C_PRECALTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
C_PRECALTERMCOMP
Completeness of information for last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
C_TIMEMENSCALC
Computed time since last menstrual period
C_AGEAT1STBIRTH
Age of respondent at time of first birth
C_PREGTERMINTOTAL
Total number of miscarriages, abortions, and stillbirths in life
C_PREGTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
C_PREGTERMFLAG
Date flag for last terminated pregnancy
C_ABORTIN5YR
Had abortion in past 5 years
C_ABORTHOW
How most recent abortion brought on
C_ABORTWHY
Main reason for most recent abortion
C_HHMEMTOTAL
Total number of household members
C_HHKIDLT5
Number of children under 5 in household
C_HHELIGWOMEN
Number of eligible women in household
C_HHEADAGE
Age of household head
C_HHEADAGEHH
Age of household head (from HH record)
C_HHEADSEX
Sex of household head
C_HHEADSEXHH
Sex of household head (from hh record)
C_FAMSTRUCTR
Relationship structure in HH
C_SLEEPROOMS
Number of rooms in HH used for sleeping
C_WALL
Main material of outside walls of dwelling
C_FLOOR
Main material of floor
C_ROOF
Main material of roof
C_ELECTRC
Has electricity
C_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
C_COOKFUEL
Type of fuel household uses for cooking
C_KITCHEN
Household has separate room for kitchen
C_COOKWHERE
Where cooking is usually done
C_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
C_TOILETPLACE
Location of toilet facilities
C_TOILETSHAREYN
Household shares toilet facility
C_TOILSHARNUMT
Number of other households sharing hh's toilet, topcoded
C_NDRINKWTR
Major source of non-drinking water
C_WTRLOCATED
HH water source located in dwelling, plot, or elsewhere
C_TIMETOWTRIND
Time to water source (from individual respondent record)
C_TIMETOWTRHH
Time to reach water source and return, in minutes (from HH record)
C_WTRSHORTYN
Water shortage or unavailability, last two weeks
C_TREATWTRYN
Household uses any method to treat drinking water
C_TRBLEACH
HH treats water by: Adding bleach/chlorine
C_TRBOIL
HH treats water by: Boiling
C_TRCLOTH
HH treats water by: Straining through cloth
C_TRFILTER
HH treats water by: Using water filters
C_TRSOLAR
HH treats water by: Solar disinfection
C_TRSTAND
HH treats water by: Letting it stand
C_TROTHER
HH treats water by: Other methods
C_TRDK
HH treats water by: Don't know
C_HANDWASHPLOBS
HH has place for handwashing (observed)
C_HWSOAP
Household has soap or other cleansing agent for handwashing
C_HANDWASHSAND
Ash/mud/sand present in observed handwashing place
C_HANDWASHWTR
Water present in observed handwashing place
C_HWNOCLAGENT
No cleaning agent in observed handwashing place
C_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
C_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
C_MOBPHONE
HH has mobile phone
C_PC
HH has personal computer
C_BIKE
HH has bicycle
C_BIKEHH
HH has bicycle (from HH record)
C_CAR
HH has car/truck
C_CARHH
HH has car/truck (from HH record)
C_MOTORCYCL
HH has motorcycle/scooter
C_MOTORCYCLHH
HH has motorcycle/scooter (from HH record)
C_AUTOBIKE
HH has autobike
C_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
C_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
C_RADIO
HH has radio
C_RADIOHH
HH has radio (from HH record)
C_TELEVISION
HH has television
C_TVHH
HH has television (from HH record)
C_ELECFAN
HH has electric fan
C_WATCHCLOCK
HH has watch or clock
C_CLOCKONLY
HH owns clock (not watch)
C_BED
HH has bed
C_CHAIR
HH has chair
C_SOFA
HH has sofa
C_TABLE
HH has table
C_CUPBOARDYN
HH has cupboard
C_BANKACC
HH has bank account
C_AGLANDYN
HH owns land for agriculture (yes or no)
C_DRAWNCART
HH has animal-drawn cart
C_GRAINGR
HH has grain grinder
C_GENERATYN
HH has generator
C_LIVESTOCKYN
HH owns livestock
C_COWBULLYN
HH owns cows/bulls (yes or no)
C_COWBULLNUM
Number of cows/bulls owned by HH
C_HORSEMULEYN
HH owns horses/donkeys/mules
C_HORSEMULENUM
Number of horses/donkeys/mules owned by HH
C_SHEEPYN
HH owns sheep (yes or no)
C_SHEEPNUM
Number of sheep owned by HH
C_GOATYN
HH owns goats (yes or no)
C_GOATNUM
Number of goats owned by HH
C_PIGYN
HH owns pigs (yes or no)
C_PIGNUM
Number of pigs owned by HH
C_BUFFALOYN
HH owns buffalo (yes or no)
C_BUFFALONUM
Number of buffaloes owned by HH
C_YAKYN
HH owns yaks (yes or no)
C_YAKNUM
Number of yaks owned by HH
C_CHICKYN
HH owns chickens (yes or no)
C_CHICKNUM
Number of chickens owned by HH (topcoded)
C_DUCKNUM
Number of ducks owned by HH
C_FINOFOODHOMYN
Ever no food in house, due to lack of resources (yes/no)
C_FINOFOODHOMFQ
Frequency no food in the house due to lack of resources
C_FIWORRYFQ
Frequency worry HH won't have enough food
C_FISLEEPHUNGRYFQ
Frequency that family member(s) went to bed hungry
C_FIFEWMEALSFQ
Frequency must eat fewer meals per day
C_FISMALLMEALFQ
Frequency must eat too small meals
C_FINOTEATPREFQ
Frequency can't afford to eat preferred foods
C_FINOTEATVARYFQ
Frequency can't afford to eat variety of foods
C_FIEATDISLIKEFQ
Frequency must eat unliked foods due to lack of resources
C_FIFASTALLDAYN
Family member(s) went all day and night without food (yes/no)
C_FIFASTALLDAYFQ
Frequency HH member(s) have no food for full day
C_SALTEST3
Summary result of salt test for iodine
C_BEDNETHH
Household has bednet for sleeping
C_BEDNETNUM
Number of mosquito nets owned by HH
C_MLMQCLEANHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Proper sanitation
C_MLMQCOILHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Mosquito coils
C_MLMQELECHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Electric bat to kill mosquitoes
C_MLMQFANHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Use fan
C_MLMQINJHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Injection
C_MLMQMATHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Anti-mosquito mat/liquid
C_MLMQNETHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Mosquito net
C_MLMQOINTHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Anti-mosquito ointment
C_MLMQSMOKEHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Use smoke
C_MLMQSPRAYHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Spray insecticides
C_MLMQOTHHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Other
C_MLMQDKHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Don't know
C_HCHHANYTRANSTIME
Time for HH members to reach nearest health facility (minutes)
C_LYFILHEAR
HH respondent heard of Lymphatic Filariasis
C_LYFILGETBITE
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Mosquito bite
C_LYFILGETFOOD
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Contaminated food
C_LYFILGETCURSE
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Curse from God
C_LYFILGETOTH
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Other
C_LYFILGETDK
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Don't know
C_CURRWORK
Currently working
C_JOBABSENT
Woman has job from which she was absent in past week
C_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
C_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
C_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
C_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
C_WKEARNTYPE
Type of earnings for respondent's work
C_HUSJOB
Partner's occupation
C_HUSCURRWORK
Partner currently or recently working
C_WKEARNSMORE
Woman's earnings relative to husband/partner's earnings
C_WKEARNMOREREG
Women are paid more or less for the same job than men in locality
C_WEALTHQ
Household wealth index in quintiles
C_WEALTHS
Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
C_FEMOWNHOUSE
Woman owns house alone or jointly
C_FEMHOUSEDEED
Title deed on house owned by respondent
C_FEMOWNLAND
Woman owns land alone or jointly
C_FEMLANDDEED
Title deed on land owned by respondent
C_KNOWLANDAMT
Woman knows how much land household owns
C_KNOWLANDNAME
Woman knows in whose name household land is registered
C_BANKRESP
Respondent has account at bank or other financial institution
C_LIT2
Literacy, based on reading passage
C_LITBRIG
Literacy bridging variable
C_EDUCLVL
Highest educational level
C_YRSCHL
Highest year of education in level
C_EDYRTOTAL
Total years education
C_EDACHIEVER
Summary educational achievement
C_EDUCLVLNP
Highest educational level (Nepal)
C_HUSEDLVL
Partner's educational level
C_HUSEDYR
Partner's highest year of education in level
C_HUSEDYRS
Partner's education in total years schooling
C_HUSEDACHIEVER
Husband's summary educational achievement
C_HUSEDLVLNP
Partner's education level (Nepal)
C_NEWSFQ
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
C_NEWSBRIG
Reads newspaper: Bridging variable
C_TVFQ
Frequency of watching television
C_TVBRIG
Watches television: Bridging variable
C_RADIOFQ
Frequency of listening to radio
C_RADIOBRIG
Listens to radio: Bridging variable
C_CELLPHONSELF
Respondent owns a mobile telephone
C_CELLFINANC
Uses own mobile telephone for financial transactions
C_INTERNETEVYR
Used the Internet ever and in past year
C_INTERNETMO
Frequency of using Internet in last month
C_DECBIGHH
Final say on making large household purchases
C_DECFAMVISIT
Final say on visits to family or relatives
C_DECFEMEARN
Final say on spending woman's earnings
C_DECHUSEARN
Final say on spending husband's earnings
C_DECFEMHCARE
Final say on woman's health care
C_DECINHERIT
Final say on spending woman's inheritance
C_DECKIDEDUC
Final say on children's education
C_FERTPREF
Fertility preferences
C_UNMETNEED
Unmet need for FP
C_UNMETNEED2
Unmet need for FP (2nd def)
C_UNMETNEED3
Unmet need for contraception (definition 3)
Total: 1632
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