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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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Raise livestock/poultry (NP2001A_LIVESTCK)

Data file: NPL2001_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 186
End: 186
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<svar a="NP01A029" v="NP01A029 NP01A030 NP01A031">5. Does your household raise livestock/poultry?<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes<br />[] 2 No (skip to question 7)</div><br /></svar>
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Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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.
Interviewer instructions
<svar a="all" v="NP01A029 NP01A030 NP01A031"><span class="em">Q.5: Does your household raise livestock/poultry? </span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No</div><br /><br /><span class="em">Q.6: How many livestock/poultry?</span><br /><div class="i1">[] 1. Total livestock ____<br />[] 2. Total poultry ____</div><br /><br />Q.5 and Q.6 are related.<br /><br />Q.5, asks whether the household is involved in domestication/ farming of cattle or poultry. Similarly, in Q.6 asks the total number of cattle or birds being domesticated, and they should be reported separately.<br /><br />"Livestock or poultry birds for farming purpose" refers to both livestock and birds that the household is rearing either for agricultural purpose or for commercial purpose. For agricultural purpose, both livestock and poultry are domesticated. Cow, ox, yak, buffalo, goat, sheep, pig, rabbit etc. are the major types of cattle. Similarly, hen, duck, pigeon, <span class="lang">battai</span>, <span class="lang">titra</span>, <span class="lang">chyakhura</span> are some of the major birds.<br /><br />Such cattle/birds that belong to the household, reared in one's own farm, and those belonging to others but reared in the household's own farm are also included. Cattle/ birds like dog, cat, rabbit, duck, etc. that are domesticated for self-interest other than farming or for transportation purpose like ox, buffalo, horse, ass, and sheep are not included here.<br /><br /><span class="ital">Note</span>: Total number of all types of cattle/birds either within the premises of house or taken out in the field on the day of enumeration should be added and written separately.<br /></svar>

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the household raises livestock/poultry.
Universe
Nepal 2001: All households

concept

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