Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999

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Reference ID

IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Portion of household expenditures paid by woman's earnings (W_FEMPAYHHEXP)

Data file: IND1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 449

End: 449

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

617. Generally, how much do your earnings contribute to the total family earnings: almost none, less than half, about half, more than half, or all?

ALMOST NONE 1
LESS THAN HALF 2
ABOUT HALF 3
MORE THAN HALF 4
ALL 5

Categories

Value	Category
0	None, income is saved
1	Almost none
2	Less than half
3	About half
4	More than half
5	All
6	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

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

For women who have worked in the past 12 months or are currently working and have earned cash or cash/in-kind pay, FEMPAYHHEXP (V742) indicates the portion of household expenditures the woman pays for.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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