IPUMS DHS: descr: FICMARKET

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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FICMARKET (FICMARKET)

Food insufficiency cause: Food not in market

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Description

FICMARKET indicates whether food not being available in the market was a cause of food insufficiency for the household.

The information in FICMARKET is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors (coded "2") with:

RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis;
HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis;
RESIDENTMN variable when men are the unit of analysis.

Comparability — Index

GENERAL

Nepal

Comparability

FICMARKET has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FICMARKET is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Comparability — Nepal [top]

The 2011 Nepal survey used the preceding 12 months as the reference period for this question.

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Comparability — Index

Comparability

Comparability — Nepal [top]

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