Description

HHDRUGBUY indicates whether a member of the household bought drugs (medicine) in the past 12 months.

The information in HHDRUGBUY is taken from the household record and applies 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

HHDRUGBUY has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe