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Codes and Frequencies
Description
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.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, TOGHUTKA (V463I) has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
Questions involving tobacco use are included in the standard DHS questionnaire beginning in Phase IV. TOGHUTKA (V463I) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire beginning in Phase VII as "Betel quid with tobacco."
Universe
- Benin 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Guinea 2018: All women age 15-49.
- India 2005: All women age 15-49.
- India 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Mali 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Namibia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Rwanda 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Sierra Leone 2019: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2015: All women age 15-49.
