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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Uses ghutka (betal quid with tobacco) (W_TOGHUTKA)

Data file: IND2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1132
End: 1132
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
568. In what other form do you currently smoke or use tobacco?
Any other form?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CIGAR/PIPE A
PAAN MASALA B
GHUTKA C
OTHER CHEWING TOBACCO D
SNUFF E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition
TOGHUTKA (V463I) indicates whether the woman uses betel quid with tobacco (also called ghutka or gutka). Ghutka is a preparation of tobacco mixed with crushed areca (betel) nuts, catechu, and flavoring ingredients, and it is consumed like chewing tobacco.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Tobacco Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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