Description

KITCHENSHARE indicates whether the household shares its cooking facilities with other households.

The information in KITCHENSHARE 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

Along with universe differences, KITCHENSHARE varies across samples in the number and degree of detail in the responses. To maximize comparability, IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable. For example, all responses falling into the broad heading of "no sharing of cooking place" have a common first digit of "1"; the second digit preserves original detail, such as the distinction between "no room devoted to cooking" (code 11) versus "private kitchen room" (code 12).

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe