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DEATHTOHHVIS2YR (DEATHTOHHVIS2YR)
Any deaths to HH visitors in past 2 years

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Description

DEATHTOHHVIS2YR indicates whether any visitor to this household died during the past 2 years, "in this city/town/village or outside."

The related variable DEATHTOHHVIS2YRNO reports the number of deaths to visitors to this household during the past 2 years.

The information in DEATHTOHHVIS2YR is taken from the household record and applies, as a characteristic of the household, to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

DEATHTOHHVIS2YR has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DEATHTOHHVIS2YR is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Universe

  • India 1992: Ever-married women age 13-49.
  • India: 1992-W, 1992-C, 1992-B, 1992-H