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Demographic and Health Survey 2000-2001 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2000 - 2001
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Reference ID
UGA_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] 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 making large household purchases (B_DECBIGHH)

Data file: UGA2001-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 511
End: 512
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
719 Who in your family 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

Children's 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 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 each 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
10 Woman alone
20 Woman and husband/partner
30 Woman and someone else
40 Husband/partner
50 Someone else
51 Other senior male
52 Other senior female
60 Other or not applicable
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
53 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
DECBIGHH (V743B) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding large household purchases.

concept

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