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Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996
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NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child suffers from night blindness (C_NIGHTVISKID)

Data file: NPL1996-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1096
End: 1096
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
448A. Did (NAME) receive Vitamin A during the last 6 months?
SHOW VITAMIN A CAPSULE.

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

448B. Did (NAME) receive iodine capsules during the last 6 months?
SHOW IODINE CAPSULES.
IF YES: How many times?

YES 1
NO 2
NUMBER OF TIMES _____________________

448C. Does (NAME) suffer from (local term for night blindness)?

IF NO OR DON'T KNOW PROBE: Does (NAME) have any difficulty (more difficulty than usual) seeing at dusk, at night, or in a room with poor light?

YES 1
CHILD BLIND 2
NO 3
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
2 Child blind
7 Don't know
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
NIGHTVISKID indicates whether the child suffers from night blindness (i.e., has difficulty seeing at dusk, at night, or in a room with poor light).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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