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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2006
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NPL_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Under age 18 (according to household questionnaire) (respondents to women's survey) (B_BIOFUNDER18)

Data file: NPL2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1013
End: 1013
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
220. AGE: CHECK COLUMN 7:

15-17 YEARS 1
18-49 YEARS 2 (GO TO 223)
Categories
Value Category
1 Under age 18
2 Age 18 or older
8 Missing
9 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
BIOFUNDER18 (V452A) indicates whether the respondent was under or over age 18 at the time of the interview, according to the household roster.

The information in this variable was used by DHS personnel to determine whether a female household member needed consent from a parent/caretaker before conducting hemoglobin measurements.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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