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National Population Census 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2001
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NPL_2001_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Female land area owned in hectares (NP2001A_FAREA)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 2
Start: 197
End: 200
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar v="NP01A032 NP01A033 NP01A034">7. Does female member of HH own any of the following property?<br /></svar></p>

<p><svar a="all" v="NP01A033 NP01A034"><div class="i1">2. Land</div><br /><div class="i2">[] 1 Yes (specify)<br />[] 2 No</div><br /><br /><div class="i1">Area</div><br /><br /><div class="i2">Bigha ____<br />Kattha ____<br />Dhur ____<br /><br />Ropani ____<br />Aana ____<br />Paisa ____</div><br /></svar>
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NP01A032 NP01A033 NP01A034"><span class="em">Q.7. Does the women of this household own any of the following property?</span><br /><div class="i1">1. House<br />[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No<br /><br />2. Land<br />[] 1 Yes (Specify)</div><br /><div class="i2">Area<br />Bigha ____<br />Kattha ____<br />Dhur ____<br />Ropani ____<br />Ana ____<br />Paisa ____</div><br /><div class="i1">[] 2 No</div><br /><br />In Q.7., if any women (one or more) in the household own house or land in her name, or both, then enquire all the following:<br /><br />If one or more women own the property, then it should be stated "Yes" while specifying for house. For land, the total land area should be specified and, if units are different, they should be stated separately.<br /><br /><span class="em">Property ownership of women</span> means - property inherited through parents, <span class="lang">pewa</span> (own), dowry, pension, income earned by self, through loan and property through any other source.<br /><br /><span class="em"><span class="lang">Pewa</span>/ Dowry </span>means - Tangible or intangible asset/property that is given to a woman by her husband or relatives from the husband side. The increased property thereafter is also <span class="lang">pewa</span>. The property tangible/intangible that is given to the woman by her maternal home or increased property thereafter is the dowry.<br /><div class="i1">1. House means - House that is built with any construction material for the purpose of residence or for any other purpose in any district or place of Nepal.<br />2. Land means - The area or agricultural land that is registered in the name of the woman of the household in any district or place of Nepal. As stated in Q.1., if any kind of house is owned by the woman of the household, then state yes.</div><br /><br />If any woman in the household owns a house then mark 1 ("Yes"), if not 2 ("No").<br /><br />If a woman in the household owns any land (for agricultural purpose or for housing purpose) then 1 should be marked, and if not 2 should be marked. There can be one or more women in the household. If one or more women in the household owns land area, then the name of the woman who owns the land, as well as the total land area should be asked individually, and the total of all should be recorded in <span class="lang">Bigha</span> and <span class="lang">Ropani</span>. While writing in the total land area, it should be specified whether it is in self ownership or rented out to others for earning in any district of Nepal. If the units of land area are given in seed units like: <span class="lang">Bijan</span>, <span class="lang">Mana</span> / <span class="lang">Pathi</span> other than the actual land area of <span class="lang">Bigha</span> and <span class="lang">Ropani</span>, the units should be again converted and written in <span class="lang">Bigha</span> and <span class="lang">Ropani</span>. The conversion table for converting from one unit to another unit is given in index-4.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the land area (in hectares) owned by the female member of the household.
Universe
Nepal 2001: Households with female members owning land [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Household Economic Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation
This is a 4-digit numeric variable.


Codes650 = 650+.
9998 = Unknown.
9999 = NIU.
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