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Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996
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Reference ID
NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Times child given iodine capsules in the last 6 months (C_IODINE6MONO)

Data file: NPL1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1095
End: 1095
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
448A. Did (NAME) receive Vitamin A during the last 6 months?
SHOW VITAMIN A CAPSULE.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

448B. Did (NAME) receive iodine capsules during the last 6 months?
SHOW IODINE CAPSULES.
IF YES: How many times?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES _____________________

448C. Does (NAME) suffer from (local term for night blindness)?

IF NO OR DON'T KNOW PROBE: Does (NAME) have any difficulty (more difficulty than usual) seeing at dusk, at night, or in a room with poor light?

YES 1
CHILD BLIND 2
NO 3
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
IODINE6MONO reports the number of times the child received iodine capsules in the last 6 months.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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