Definition
MQUSECOIL indicates whether the household uses a "coil" to avoid mosquitoes. Such a coil consists of a spiral of incense burned to repel mosquitoes with scented smoke. Modern mosquito coils usually contain pyrethroid as an insecticide.
The information in MQUSECOIL is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.