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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Data file: NPL2016-B.dat

Birth records

Cases: 26028

Variables

B_SAMPLE
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier
B_SAMPLESTR
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier (string)
B_COUNTRY
Country
B_YEAR
Year of sample
B_IDHSPID
Unique cross-sample respondent identifier
B_IDHSHID
Unique cross-sample household identifier
B_DHSID
Key to link DHS clusters to context data (string)
B_IDHSPSU
Unique sample-case PSU identifier
B_IDHSSTRATA
Unique cross-sample sampling strata
B_CASEID
Sample-specific respondent identifier
B_HHID
Sample-specific household identifier
B_PSU
Sample-specific primary sampling unit
B_STRATA
Sample-specific sampling strata
B_DOMAIN
Sample-specific domain
B_HHNUM
Household number in cluster
B_CLUSTERNO
Sample-specific cluster number
B_ULTAREAUNIT
Sample-specific ultimate area unit
B_LINENO
Household line number of woman respondent
B_LINENOHHRESP
Respondent's line number (answering Household questionnaire)
B_LINENOHUS
Household line number of respondent's husband
B_BIDX
Birth history index number
B_PERWEIGHT
Sample weight for persons
B_AWFACTT
All woman factor for total population
B_MENSELHH
Household selected for men's/husband's survey (individual-level)
B_DVSELHH
Household selected for domestic violence module
B_DVMODULE
Selected for domestic violence module
B_DVWEIGHT
Weight for domestic violence module
B_HEMOSELECT
Household selected for hemoglobin measurements
B_INTYEAR_NP
Year of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_MONTHINT_NP
Month of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTDAY_NP
Day of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTDATECMC_NP
Century month date of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTDATECDC_NP
Century day date of interview (Nepali calendar)
B_INTSTARTCMC
Century month code (CMC) for start of survey
B_INTENDCMC
Century month code (CMC) for end of survey
B_INTSTART
Time interview started (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTEND
Time interview ended (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTDURATION
Length of interview (minutes)
B_INTVISITNO
Number of visits for the interview
B_INTRESULT
Result of individual interview
B_EVMARALLSAMP
Ever-married or all-women sample
B_INTERVIEWERIDIR
Identification number of interviewer, women's survey
B_INTERVIEWERIDHH
Identification number of interviewer, household survey
B_URBAN
Urban-rural status
B_RESIDEINTYR
Years lived in place of residence
B_PREVRESTYP
Type of place of previous residence
B_PREVREGIONNP
Region of previous residence (Nepal)
B_PREVDISTNP
District of previous residence (Nepal)
B_GEO_NP1996_2016
Nepal regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEOALT_NP1996_2016
Nepal ecological regions, 1996-2016 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEO_NP2016
Nepal regions, 2016 [GIS]
B_AGE
Age
B_AGE5YEAR
Age in 5 year groups
B_BIRTHMO_NP
Woman's month of birth (Nepali calendar)
B_BIRTHYEAR_NP
Woman's year of birth (Nepali calendar)
B_DOBCMC_NP
Respondent's date of birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
B_DOBINFORESP
Information given on respondent's date of birth
B_PREGNANT
Currently pregnant
B_DURCURPREG
Duration of current pregnancy
B_TRIPSAWAYR
Number of trips away from home in last 12 months
B_TRIPAWAY1MO
Respondent away from home for over 1 month in last year
B_RELIGION
Religion
B_ETHNICITYNP
Ethnicity, Nepal
B_MARSTAT
Woman's current marital or union status
B_EVERMARRIED
Ever been married
B_CURRMARR
Woman never, currently, or formerly married
B_UNION1MORE
Woman had one or more than one union
B_AGEFRSTMAR
Age at first marriage or cohabitation
B_HUSAGE
Age of husband/partner
B_DURMARGRP
Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped)
B_MAR1STMO_NP
Month of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
B_MAR1STYR_NP
Year of first marriage or cohabitation (Nepali calendar)
B_YRSTO1STMAR
Years since starting date of 1st marriage or union
B_MAR1STCMC_NP
Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC), Nepal
B_MAR1STDATINFO
Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union
B_MARCERTIF
Respondent has marriage certificate
B_MARTO1STBORNMO
Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth
B_WIFENUM
Number of other wives
B_WIFERANK
Wife rank number
B_HUSBINHOME
Husband/partner lives in woman's household
B_HUSAWAYTIM
Time husband has been living away
B_CHEB
Total children ever born
B_TOTBIRTHIST
Number of entries in the birth history
B_SONSATHOME
Number of own sons living at home
B_DAUSATHOME
Number of own daughters living at home
B_SONSAWAYHOME
Number of own sons living away from home
B_DAUSAWAYHOME
Number of own daughters living away from home
B_SONSDIED
Number of own sons who have died
B_DAUSDIED
Number of own daughters who have died
B_BIRTHSIN5YRS
Number of births in last 5 years
B_BIRTHSIN1YR
Number of births in the past year
B_BIRTHSIN1MO
Total number of births in month of interview
B_DOB1STKIDCMC_NP
Date of respondent's first birth, in century months (Nepali calendar)
B_TIMEMENSTRUATE
Time since woman's last menstrual period
B_MENSTRUATE6WK
Woman menstruated last 6 weeks
B_OVCYCLE
When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely
B_CHEBALIVE
Total number of living children born to respondent
B_CHSURVPLUSPG
Total number of living children including current pregnancy
B_CHEBALIVETRUNC
Total number of living children, truncated at 6+
B_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO
Interval between last birth and interview, in months
B_CONCEPTDATEFLAG
Completeness of information on date of conception, current pregnancy
B_MENSTIMFLAG
Flag for reported time since last menstrual period
B_PREGTERMIN
Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth
B_PREGTERMINMO_NP
Calendar month of pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMINYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMTIM
Months pregnant when pregnancy terminated
B_PREGTERMPREV
Respondent had previous pregnancy terminations (prior to last 5 years)
B_PRECALBIDX
Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar
B_BIRTHSOTHER
Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview
B_BIRTHSTOT3YR
Total births in last 3 years prior to interview
B_PRECALTERM
Had pregnancies ending in miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth before calendar beginning
B_PRECALTERMMO_NP
Month of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMYR_NP
Year of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination prior to calendar (Nepali calendar)
B_PRECALTERMCOMP
Completeness of information for last pregnancy termination prior to calendar
B_TIMEMENSCALC
Computed time since last menstrual period
B_AGEAT1STBIRTH
Age of respondent at time of first birth
B_PREGTERMINTOTAL
Total number of miscarriages, abortions, and stillbirths in life
B_PREGTERMCMC_NP
Century month date of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar)
B_PREGTERMFLAG
Date flag for last terminated pregnancy
B_ABORTIN5YR
Had abortion in past 5 years
B_ABORTHOW
How most recent abortion brought on
B_ABORTWHY
Main reason for most recent abortion
B_HHMEMTOTAL
Total number of household members
B_HHKIDLT5
Number of children under 5 in household
B_HHELIGWOMEN
Number of eligible women in household
B_HHEADAGE
Age of household head
B_HHEADAGEHH
Age of household head (from HH record)
B_HHEADSEX
Sex of household head
B_HHEADSEXHH
Sex of household head (from hh record)
B_FAMSTRUCTR
Relationship structure in HH
B_SLEEPROOMS
Number of rooms in HH used for sleeping
B_WALL
Main material of outside walls of dwelling
B_FLOOR
Main material of floor
B_ROOF
Main material of roof
B_ELECTRC
Has electricity
B_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
B_COOKFUEL
Type of fuel household uses for cooking
B_KITCHEN
Household has separate room for kitchen
B_COOKWHERE
Where cooking is usually done
B_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
B_TOILETPLACE
Location of toilet facilities
B_TOILETSHAREYN
Household shares toilet facility
B_TOILSHARNUMT
Number of other households sharing hh's toilet, topcoded
B_NDRINKWTR
Major source of non-drinking water
B_WTRLOCATED
HH water source located in dwelling, plot, or elsewhere
B_TIMETOWTRIND
Time to water source (from individual respondent record)
B_TIMETOWTRHH
Time to reach water source and return, in minutes (from HH record)
B_WTRSHORTYN
Water shortage or unavailability, last two weeks
B_TREATWTRYN
Household uses any method to treat drinking water
B_TRBLEACH
HH treats water by: Adding bleach/chlorine
B_TRBOIL
HH treats water by: Boiling
B_TRCLOTH
HH treats water by: Straining through cloth
B_TRFILTER
HH treats water by: Using water filters
B_TRSOLAR
HH treats water by: Solar disinfection
B_TRSTAND
HH treats water by: Letting it stand
B_TROTHER
HH treats water by: Other methods
B_TRDK
HH treats water by: Don't know
B_HANDWASHPLOBS
HH has place for handwashing (observed)
B_HWSOAP
Household has soap or other cleansing agent for handwashing
B_HANDWASHSAND
Ash/mud/sand present in observed handwashing place
B_HANDWASHWTR
Water present in observed handwashing place
B_HWNOCLAGENT
No cleaning agent in observed handwashing place
B_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
B_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
B_MOBPHONE
HH has mobile phone
B_PC
HH has personal computer
B_BIKE
HH has bicycle
B_BIKEHH
HH has bicycle (from HH record)
B_CAR
HH has car/truck
B_CARHH
HH has car/truck (from HH record)
B_MOTORCYCL
HH has motorcycle/scooter
B_MOTORCYCLHH
HH has motorcycle/scooter (from HH record)
B_AUTOBIKE
HH has autobike
B_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
B_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
B_RADIO
HH has radio
B_RADIOHH
HH has radio (from HH record)
B_TELEVISION
HH has television
B_TVHH
HH has television (from HH record)
B_ELECFAN
HH has electric fan
B_WATCHCLOCK
HH has watch or clock
B_CLOCKONLY
HH owns clock (not watch)
B_BED
HH has bed
B_CHAIR
HH has chair
B_SOFA
HH has sofa
B_TABLE
HH has table
B_CUPBOARDYN
HH has cupboard
B_BANKACC
HH has bank account
B_AGLANDYN
HH owns land for agriculture (yes or no)
B_DRAWNCART
HH has animal-drawn cart
B_GRAINGR
HH has grain grinder
B_GENERATYN
HH has generator
B_LIVESTOCKYN
HH owns livestock
B_COWBULLYN
HH owns cows/bulls (yes or no)
B_COWBULLNUM
Number of cows/bulls owned by HH
B_HORSEMULEYN
HH owns horses/donkeys/mules
B_HORSEMULENUM
Number of horses/donkeys/mules owned by HH
B_SHEEPYN
HH owns sheep (yes or no)
B_SHEEPNUM
Number of sheep owned by HH
B_GOATYN
HH owns goats (yes or no)
B_GOATNUM
Number of goats owned by HH
B_PIGYN
HH owns pigs (yes or no)
B_PIGNUM
Number of pigs owned by HH
B_BUFFALOYN
HH owns buffalo (yes or no)
B_BUFFALONUM
Number of buffaloes owned by HH
B_YAKYN
HH owns yaks (yes or no)
B_YAKNUM
Number of yaks owned by HH
B_CHICKYN
HH owns chickens (yes or no)
B_CHICKNUM
Number of chickens owned by HH (topcoded)
B_DUCKNUM
Number of ducks owned by HH
B_FINOFOODHOMYN
Ever no food in house, due to lack of resources (yes/no)
B_FINOFOODHOMFQ
Frequency no food in the house due to lack of resources
B_FIWORRYFQ
Frequency worry HH won't have enough food
B_FISLEEPHUNGRYFQ
Frequency that family member(s) went to bed hungry
B_FIFEWMEALSFQ
Frequency must eat fewer meals per day
B_FISMALLMEALFQ
Frequency must eat too small meals
B_FINOTEATPREFQ
Frequency can't afford to eat preferred foods
B_FINOTEATVARYFQ
Frequency can't afford to eat variety of foods
B_FIEATDISLIKEFQ
Frequency must eat unliked foods due to lack of resources
B_FIFASTALLDAYN
Family member(s) went all day and night without food (yes/no)
B_FIFASTALLDAYFQ
Frequency HH member(s) have no food for full day
B_SALTEST3
Summary result of salt test for iodine
B_BEDNETHH
Household has bednet for sleeping
B_BEDNETNUM
Number of mosquito nets owned by HH
B_MLMQCLEANHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Proper sanitation
B_MLMQCOILHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Mosquito coils
B_MLMQELECHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Electric bat to kill mosquitoes
B_MLMQFANHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Use fan
B_MLMQINJHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Injection
B_MLMQMATHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Anti-mosquito mat/liquid
B_MLMQNETHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Mosquito net
B_MLMQOINTHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Anti-mosquito ointment
B_MLMQSMOKEHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Use smoke
B_MLMQSPRAYHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Spray insecticides
B_MLMQOTHHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Other
B_MLMQDKHH
How HH can protect against mosquitoes: Don't know
B_HCHHANYTRANSTIME
Time for HH members to reach nearest health facility (minutes)
B_LYFILHEAR
HH respondent heard of Lymphatic Filariasis
B_LYFILGETBITE
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Mosquito bite
B_LYFILGETFOOD
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Contaminated food
B_LYFILGETCURSE
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Curse from God
B_LYFILGETOTH
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Other
B_LYFILGETDK
How get Lymphatic Filariasis: Don't know
B_CURRWORK
Currently working
B_JOBABSENT
Woman has job from which she was absent in past week
B_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
B_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
B_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
B_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
B_WKEARNTYPE
Type of earnings for respondent's work
B_HUSJOB
Partner's occupation
B_HUSCURRWORK
Partner currently or recently working
B_WKEARNSMORE
Woman's earnings relative to husband/partner's earnings
B_WKEARNMOREREG
Women are paid more or less for the same job than men in locality
B_WEALTHQ
Household wealth index in quintiles
B_WEALTHS
Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)
B_FEMOWNHOUSE
Woman owns house alone or jointly
B_FEMHOUSEDEED
Title deed on house owned by respondent
B_FEMOWNLAND
Woman owns land alone or jointly
B_FEMLANDDEED
Title deed on land owned by respondent
B_KNOWLANDAMT
Woman knows how much land household owns
B_KNOWLANDNAME
Woman knows in whose name household land is registered
B_BANKRESP
Respondent has account at bank or other financial institution
B_LIT2
Literacy, based on reading passage
B_LITBRIG
Literacy bridging variable
B_EDUCLVL
Highest educational level
B_YRSCHL
Highest year of education in level
B_EDYRTOTAL
Total years education
B_EDACHIEVER
Summary educational achievement
B_EDUCLVLNP
Highest educational level (Nepal)
B_HUSEDLVL
Partner's educational level
B_HUSEDYR
Partner's highest year of education in level
B_HUSEDYRS
Partner's education in total years schooling
B_HUSEDACHIEVER
Husband's summary educational achievement
B_HUSEDLVLNP
Partner's education level (Nepal)
B_NEWSFQ
Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
B_NEWSBRIG
Reads newspaper: Bridging variable
B_TVFQ
Frequency of watching television
B_TVBRIG
Watches television: Bridging variable
B_RADIOFQ
Frequency of listening to radio
B_RADIOBRIG
Listens to radio: Bridging variable
B_CELLPHONSELF
Respondent owns a mobile telephone
B_CELLFINANC
Uses own mobile telephone for financial transactions
B_INTERNETEVYR
Used the Internet ever and in past year
B_INTERNETMO
Frequency of using Internet in last month
B_DECBIGHH
Final say on making large household purchases
B_DECFAMVISIT
Final say on visits to family or relatives
B_DECFEMEARN
Final say on spending woman's earnings
B_DECHUSEARN
Final say on spending husband's earnings
B_DECFEMHCARE
Final say on woman's health care
B_DECINHERIT
Final say on spending woman's inheritance
B_DECKIDEDUC
Final say on children's education
B_FERTPREF
Fertility preferences
B_UNMETNEED
Unmet need for FP
B_UNMETNEED2
Unmet need for FP (2nd def)
B_UNMETNEED3
Unmet need for contraception (definition 3)
B_KIDDESIRE
Desire for more children
B_FPLCHDESIRE
Wanted last child
B_PGDESIRE
Time wanted current pregnancy
Total: 1264
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