Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996

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Reference ID

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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Caste of HH head/member (Nepal) (H_CASTEHHNP)

Data file: NPL1996-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 188

End: 189

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

20. What is the caste of the head of the household?
WRITE CASTE IN SPACE PROVIDED. CODE WILL BE ENTERED BY FIELD EDITOR

CASTE ___

Categories

Value	Category
01	Yadav Ahir
02	Kayastha
03	Kumhar
04	Baniya
05	Dhobi
06	Sundhi Kalwar
07	Kurmi
08	Brahman
09	Rajput
10	Tharu
11	Teli
12	Kushwaha
13	Musalman
14	Haluwai
15	Malaha
16	Rajbanshi
17	Dhimal
18	Gangai
19	Marwadi
20	Bangali
21	Dhanuk
22	Shikha
23	Dushad
24	Chamar
25	Khatwe
26	Bhumihar
27	Kewat
28	Rajbhar
29	Kanu
30	Tarai others
31	Brahman
32	Chhetri
33	Thakuri
34	Sanyashi
35	Newar
36	Limbu
37	Rai
38	Gurung
39	Thakali
40	Tamang
41	Magar
42	Danuwar
43	Jirel
44	Majhi
45	Sunuwar
46	Gaine
47	Chepang
48	Kumhal
49	Churaute (Pahadi Musalman)
50	Bote
51	Lepcha
52	Raute
53	Darai
54	Raji
55	Thami
56	Damai
57	Kami
58	Sharki
59	Badi
60	Pahadi others
61	Sherpa
62	Mugrali/Humli/Kar bhote
63	Himali others
96	Other
97	Don't know

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

CASTEHHNP reports the caste of the household head for Nepalese samples. In most cases, the caste of other household members matched that of the household head.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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