National Family Health Survey 2015-2016

India, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

IND_2015_DHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Main roof material (hv215)

Data file: RECH2

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 29

End: 30

Width: 2

Range: 10 - 96

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
10	NATURAL
11	No roof
12	Thatch/palm leaf
13	Mud
14	Sod/mud and grass mixture
15	Plastic/polythene sheeting
20	RUDIMENTARY
21	Rustic mat
22	Palm/bamboo
23	Raw wood planks/timber
24	Unburnt bricks
25	Loosely packed stone
30	FINISHED
31	Metal/GI
32	Wood
33	Calamine/cement fibre
34	Asbestos sheets
35	RCC/RBC/cement/concrete
36	Roofing shingles
37	Tiles
38	Slate
39	Burnt brick
96	other

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.

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Notes

Main material of the roof. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.

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