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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Final say on making large household purchases (M_DECBIGHHMN)

Data file: BEN2006-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 512
End: 513
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
127) Who in your household usually has the final say on the following decisions:

Your own health care?

RESPONDENT 1
WIFE/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND WIFE/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

Making large household purchases?

RESPONDENT 1
WIFE/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND WIFE/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
WIFE/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND WIFE/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

Visits to family, friends, or relatives?

RESPONDENT 1
WIFE/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND WIFE/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6

What food should be cooked every day?

RESPONDENT 1
WIFE/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND WIFE/PARTNER JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5
DECISION NOT MADE/NOT APPLICABLE 6
Categories
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)
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
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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