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FIACTSELLHHGD (FIACTSELLHHGD)
Action to avoid food insufficiency: Sell household assets
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Description

FIACTSELLHHGD indicates whether the household sold household assets to avoid or deal with food insufficiency.

The information in FIACTSELLHHGD 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

FIACTSELLHHGD has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe

  • Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 in households reporting "never" to a series of questions about food insufficiency in the past year.
  • Nepal: 2011-W, 2011-C, 2011-B, 2011-H, 2011-M, 2011-W