[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset
India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Metadata
Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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Identification
Survey ID Number
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Title
[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset
Country/Economy
| Name | Country code |
|---|---|
| India | IND |
Study type
Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
Kind of Data
Demographic and Household Survey [hh/dhs]
Unit of Analysis
Woman, Birth, Child, Man, Member
Version
Version Description
Version 7. The datasets contain selected variables from the original microdata plus harmonized variables from the IPUMS-DHS database.
Version Date
September 2019
Scope
Topics
| Topic | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Access to care Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Agricultural possessions Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Agricultural Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Alcohol Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Antenatal iron supplements Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Antimalaria protection Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Breastfeeding and infant feeding Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Cancer Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Cause and spread of TB Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child antenatal care, CS Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child blood testing Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child delivery care, CS Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child feeding, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child pregnancy complications Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Childrearing attitudes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child's breastfeeding Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Child vaccination, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Community health workers Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Condom knowledge and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Condom use Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Dental care Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Diabetes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Diarrhea, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Domestic violence attitudes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Domestic violence from partner/husband Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| DPT-HB-Hib vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Education Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Environmental Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Ever use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Female blood testing Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Fertility Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| First or ever sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| First use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Foods given to newborns Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Future use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General healthcare Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General HIV/AIDS knowledge Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General sources Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| General technical Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Geography, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Healthcare Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Help sought for abuse Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| HIV/AIDS opinions and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| HIV/AIDS testing, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Household demographic Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Housing Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Identifiers Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Illness Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Information on family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Insurance, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Integrated geography Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| IPUMS International geography Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Knowledge of family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Knowledge of TB Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Known source for non-users, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Male anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Male biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Male blood testing Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Male circumcision, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Material hardship Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Maternal antenatal care, CS Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Maternal delivery care, CS Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Maternal pregnancy complications Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Measles vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Media exposure Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Migration Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Mosquito nets Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Newborn care Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Nutrition and food consumption Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Other decision-making Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Other vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Physical abuse from others Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Physical abuse while pregnant Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Polio vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Possessions Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Postpartum care Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Privacy Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Recent sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Recent sexual partners Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Recent use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| SES general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Sexual abuse from others Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Sexual attitudes Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Single sample geography Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Social Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Source for child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Source for maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Source for respiratory treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Source for STI advice, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Source of HIV/AIDS information Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| STI experience Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| STI knowledge Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Survey dates Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| TB experience Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Times child fed foods in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Tobacco Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Treatment for illness Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Vitamin A vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Wealth index Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Weights and subsample selection Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Why not use family planning Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
| Work Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |
Coverage
Universe
Women age 15-49, Births, Children age 0-4, Men age 15-54, All persons
Producers and sponsors
Primary investigators
| Name | Affiliation |
|---|---|
| International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. | |
| Minnesota Population Center | University of Minnesota |
Sampling
Sampling Procedure
MICRODATA SOURCE: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF.
SAMPLE UNIT: Woman
SAMPLE SIZE: 699686
SAMPLE UNIT: Birth
SAMPLE SIZE: 1315617
SAMPLE UNIT: Child
SAMPLE SIZE: 259627
SAMPLE UNIT: Man
SAMPLE SIZE: 112122
SAMPLE UNIT: Member
SAMPLE SIZE: 2869043
SAMPLE UNIT: Woman
SAMPLE SIZE: 699686
SAMPLE UNIT: Birth
SAMPLE SIZE: 1315617
SAMPLE UNIT: Child
SAMPLE SIZE: 259627
SAMPLE UNIT: Man
SAMPLE SIZE: 112122
SAMPLE UNIT: Member
SAMPLE SIZE: 2869043
Data Collection
Dates of Data Collection
| Start | End |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 |
Time periods
| Start date | End date |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 2016 |
Data Collection Mode
Face-to-face [f2f]
Access policy
Contacts
| Name |
|---|
| International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. |
Confidentiality
None
Access conditions
Users of IPUMS-DHS data must agree to abide by the access restrictions and terms of use set forth by the DHS Program: https://dhsprogram.com/data/Access-Instructions.cfm
Citation requirements
Publications and research reports based on the IPUMS-DHS database must cite it appropriately. The citation should include the following:
Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Miriam King and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys: Version 7 [dataset]. Minnesota Population Center and ICF, 2019. https://doi.org/10.18128/D080.V7
Researchers should also acknowledge the originally produced the data: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 [Dataset]. Data Extract from IAIR72.SAV, IAKR72.SAV, IABR72.SAV, IAMR74.SAV, and IAPR74.SAV. IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), version 7, IPUMS and ICF [Distributors]. Accessed from http://idhsdata.org on DATE.
The licensing agreement for use of IPUMS-DHS data requires that users supply us with the title and full citation for any publications, research reports, or educational materials making use of the data or documentation. Please add your citation to the IPUMS bibliography at http://bibliography.ipums.org/.
Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Miriam King and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys: Version 7 [dataset]. Minnesota Population Center and ICF, 2019. https://doi.org/10.18128/D080.V7
Researchers should also acknowledge the originally produced the data: International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 [Dataset]. Data Extract from IAIR72.SAV, IAKR72.SAV, IABR72.SAV, IAMR74.SAV, and IAPR74.SAV. IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), version 7, IPUMS and ICF [Distributors]. Accessed from http://idhsdata.org on DATE.
The licensing agreement for use of IPUMS-DHS data requires that users supply us with the title and full citation for any publications, research reports, or educational materials making use of the data or documentation. Please add your citation to the IPUMS bibliography at http://bibliography.ipums.org/.
Access authority
| Name |
|---|
| International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. |
Disclaimer and copyrights
Disclaimer
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
Copyright
(c) Copyright , International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF. and Minnesota Population Center
Metadata production
DDI Document ID
DDI_IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producers
| Name | Abbreviation | Affiliation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota Population Center | MPC | University of Minnesota | Integration Harmonization Documentation |
Date of Metadata Production
September 25, 2019
DDI Document version
DDI Document version - Version 02 (March 2020)
This version is identical to IPUMS Version 7 except for the following fields that were edited by World Bank: DDI ID and Study ID - adaptation version number changed to v02 as this is the subsequent DHS-IPUMS adaptation in World Bank catalog.
Version 7 . Documentation of Demographic Household Survey data and harmonized variables as found in IPUMS-DHS.
IPUMS has distribution rights to the metadata and data. The XML documents generated by this process are viewed as a distribution of the metadata.
Fields edited for the World Bank are: DDI ID and study ID to match World Bank study naming convention, as well as DDI Document Version and Version Description to reflect changed included in version 7.
Variable ID's and names were changed to add the prefix W_, C_, B_, M_, or H_ to indicate file source as Woman, Child, Birth, Man, or Household Member respectively. This was done to create unique variable IDs and names within the file. These prefixes are not found in the IPUMS-DHS system. Original extract version date 2019-9-25. DDI metadata revised to add DOI number to stdyDscr/notes and correct assignment of variables to record types.
All non-ANSI_Latin characters have been replaced.''
This version is identical to IPUMS Version 7 except for the following fields that were edited by World Bank: DDI ID and Study ID - adaptation version number changed to v02 as this is the subsequent DHS-IPUMS adaptation in World Bank catalog.
Version 7 . Documentation of Demographic Household Survey data and harmonized variables as found in IPUMS-DHS.
IPUMS has distribution rights to the metadata and data. The XML documents generated by this process are viewed as a distribution of the metadata.
Fields edited for the World Bank are: DDI ID and study ID to match World Bank study naming convention, as well as DDI Document Version and Version Description to reflect changed included in version 7.
Variable ID's and names were changed to add the prefix W_, C_, B_, M_, or H_ to indicate file source as Woman, Child, Birth, Man, or Household Member respectively. This was done to create unique variable IDs and names within the file. These prefixes are not found in the IPUMS-DHS system. Original extract version date 2019-9-25. DDI metadata revised to add DOI number to stdyDscr/notes and correct assignment of variables to record types.
All non-ANSI_Latin characters have been replaced.''