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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Final say on woman's health care (W_DECFEMHCARE)

Data file: IND2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 586
End: 586
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
822. Who usually makes the following decisions: mainly you, mainly your husband, you and your husband jointly, or someone else?

a. Decisions about health care for yourself?
b. Decisions about making major household purchases?
c. Decisions about making purchases for daily household needs?
d. Decisions about visits to your family or relatives?

a. HEALTH CARE

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER RESPONSE 6

b. MAJOR HOUSEHOLD PURCHASES

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER RESPONSE 6

c. DAILY HOUSEHOLD NEEDS

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER RESPONSE 6

d. VISITS TO FAMILY

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER RESPONSE 6
Categories
Value Category
1 Woman alone
2 Woman and husband/partner
3 Woman and someone else
4 Husband/partner
5 Someone else
6 Other/not applicable
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 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
DECFEMHCARE (V743A) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding the woman's own healthcare.

concept

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