The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty Microdata Library
  • Data Catalog
  • Collections
  • Citations
  • Terms of use
  • About
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / LSMS / IND_1997_SLCUPB_V01_M / variable [V228]
lsms

Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Survey of Living Conditions 1997-1998

India, 1997 - 1998
Get Microdata
Reference ID
IND_1997_SLCUPB_v01_M
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48529/q6sh-b869
Producer(s)
The World Bank
Collection(s)
Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Mar 26, 2011
Last modified
Jan 30, 2020
Page views
630211
Downloads
70023
  • Study Description
  • Data Description
  • Documentation
  • Get Microdata
  • Related citations
  • Data files
  • HHLIST
  • PSULIST
  • SECT00
  • SECT01A
  • SECT01B
  • SECT02AD
  • SECT02E
  • SECT03AB
  • SECT03C
  • SECT04A
  • SECT04B
  • SECT05A
  • SECT05B
  • SECT06A
  • SECT06B
  • SECT06C
  • SECT07A
  • SECT07B
  • SECT07C
  • SECT07D
  • SECT08A
  • SECT08B
  • SECT08C
  • SECT09A
  • SECT09B1
  • SECT09B2
  • SECT09B3
  • SECT09C1
  • SECT09C2
  • SECT09D1
  • SECT09D2
  • SECT10A
  • SECT10B
  • VILL01A1
  • VILL01A2
  • VILL01B
  • VILL02A
  • VILL02B
  • VILL02C
  • VILL03A
  • VILL03B
  • VILL04A
  • VILL04B1
  • VILL04B2
  • VILL05A
  • VILL05B
  • VILL06
  • VILL07A
  • VILL07B
  • VILL07C
  • VILL07C1
  • VILL07D

Expenses financed by - 4 (v05a07d)

Data file: SECT05A

Overview

Valid: 3
Invalid: 13989
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 35
Width: 1
Range: 1 - 6
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
How did you finance the treament?

WRITE CODES OF FINANCING METHODS IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Savings 0
0%
2 Sale of assets 0
0%
3 Unsecured loans 2
66.7%
4 Mortgage of assets 0
0%
5 Mortgage of land 0
0%
6 Assistance 1
33.3%
Sysmiss 13989
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
Treatment of serious medical conditions can be very costly to the household. This question is designed to capture ways that households have of financing the costs of medical treatment, in order of importance.

- SAVINGS means that the household used cash on hand to pay some or all of treatment costs.
- SALE OF ASSETS means that the household had to sell durables or other assets to pay for treatment costs.
- UNSECURED LOANS means borrowing money without collateral.
- MORTGAGE OF ASSETS means that the household borrowed money using household durables or other assets (excluding land) as collateral. This category also includes pawning durables or assets.
- MORTGAGE OF LAND means that the household uses land as collateral.
- ASSISTANCE means that some relative, other person, or agency/organization simply gives the household some or all of the money to pay for medical treatment.

Description

Universe
All persons in the household
Back to Catalog
The World Bank Working for a World Free of Poverty
  • IBRD IDA IFC MIGA ICSID

© The World Bank Group, All Rights Reserved.

This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. To learn more about cookies, click here.