Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2006
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Month of measurement (Nepali calendar) (C_HWMONTHMEAS_NP)
Data file: NPL2006-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1231
End:
1232
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | Baisakh |
| 02 | Jestha |
| 03 | Ashad |
| 04 | Srawan |
| 05 | Bhadra |
| 06 | Aswin |
| 07 | Kartik |
| 08 | Mangsir |
| 09 | Poush |
| 10 | Magh |
| 11 | Falgun |
| 12 | Chaitra |
| 99 | 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
For surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWMONTHMEAS_NP (HW18_NP) reports the month during which the child's height and weight were measured by DHS personnel, according to Vikram Samvat, the official calendar of Nepal. This variable is only available for the Nepali samples.
The complementary variables HWDAYMEAS_NP (HW17_NP) and HWYEARMEAS_NP (HW19_NP) report the day of the month and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement, according to the Nepali calendar.
The complementary variables HWDAYMEAS_NP (HW17_NP) and HWYEARMEAS_NP (HW19_NP) report the day of the month and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement, according to the Nepali calendar.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |