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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Use cloth to protect against bloodstains during menstruation (B_MENSUSECLOTH)

Data file: IND2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 394
End: 394
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
257. Women use different methods of protection during their menstrual period to prevent bloodstains from becoming evident. What do you use for protection, if anything?
Anything else? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CLOTH A
LOCALLY PREPARED NAPKINS B
SANITARY NAPKINS C
TAMPONS D
NOTHING E
OTHER (SPECIFY)__________X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MENSUSECLOTH indicates whether the respondent uses cloth during menstruation to prevent bloodstains from becoming evident.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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