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[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)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Metadata
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Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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Household sample weight (6 decimals) (H_HHWEIGHT)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 124
End: 132
Width: 9
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Description

Definition
HHWEIGHT (HV005) is an 8-digit numeric variable, which should be used as a weighting factor to produce representative numbers accurately describing the surveyed population, when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Weights and subsample selection Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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