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FICFINANCE (FICFINANCE)
Food insufficiency cause: Financial problem
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Description

FICFINANCE indicates whether a financial problem was a cause of food insufficiency for the household.

The information in FICFINANCE is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors (coded "2") using:

RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis;
HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis;
RESIDENTMN variable when men are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

FICFINANCE has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FICFINANCE is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Universe

  • Nepal 2011: All women age 15-49.
  • Nepal: 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-H, 2011-M, 2011-W