IPUMS DHS: descr: FICOTHER

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FICOTHER (FICOTHER)

Food insufficiency cause: Other

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Description

FICOTHER indicates whether some other reason was a cause of food insufficiency for the household. The meaning of "other" depends on the causes of food insufficiency specified in a given survey.

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

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

FICOTHER has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FICOTHER 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

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Comparability — Nepal [top]

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