Description

NATCATOTHER indicates whether the household was affected by some "other" form of natural disaster in the past year. The meaning of "other" depends on the types of natural catastrophes specified in the survey.

The information in NATCATOTHER 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

NATCATOTHER has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe