[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)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Final say on making large household purchases (M_DECBIGHHMN)

Data file: IND2015-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 498

End: 499

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SECTION 7. ATTITUDES TOWARDS GENDER ROLES

701. In a couple, who do you think should have the greater say in each of the following decisions: the husband, the wife or both equally:

a. Making major household purchases?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

b. Making purchases for daily household needs?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

c. Deciding about visits to the wife's family or relatives?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

d. Deciding what to do with the money the wife earns from her work?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

e. Deciding how many children to have?

HUSBAND 1
WIFE 2
BOTH EQUALLY 3
DON'T KNOW/DEPENDS 8

Value	Category
10	Man alone
20	Man and wife/partner
30	Man and someone else
40	Wife/partner alone
50	Someone else
51	Family elders
90	Other/not applicable
97	Don’t know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DECBIGHHMN (MV743B) indicates who in the man's household usually makes decisions regarding large household purchases.

concept

Concept

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

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