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Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2001
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BEN_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique [Benin] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Final say on woman's health care (C_DECFEMHCARE)

Data file: BEN2001-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 515
End: 515
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
719) Who in your household usually has the final say on the following decisions?

Your own health care?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

Making large household purchases?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

Making household purchases for daily needs?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

Visits to family, friends, or relatives?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

What food should be cooked every day?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6
Categories
Value Category
1 Woman alone
2 Woman and husband/partner
3 Woman and someone else
4 Husband/partner
5 Someone else
6 Other/not applicable
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Family elders/relatives
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.

Description

Definition
DECFEMHCARE (V743A) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding the woman's own healthcare.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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