Definition
BUFFALONUM reports how many (water) buffaloes are owned by the household. The complementary variable BUFFALOYN indicates whether the household owns any (water) buffaloes.
The information in BUFFALONUM 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.