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FIACTOTH (FIACTOTH)
Action to avoid food insufficiency: Other
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Description

FIACTOTH indicates whether the household took some other action to avoid or deal with food insufficiency. The meaning of "other" depends on the actions specified in a given survey.

The information in FIACTOTH 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

FIACTOTH has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FIACTOTH 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