IPUMS DHS: descr: FEMLOANUSE

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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FEMLOANUSE (FEMLOANUSE)

Ever received a loan to start a business

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FEMLOANUSE indicates whether the respondent has ever received a loan, either in cash or in kind, from a program to start or expand a business.

Apart from universe differences, FEMLOANUSE has no comparability problems.

Comparability -- Standard DHS

FEMLOANUSE is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

India 2005: Women age 15-49 who have heard of loans for women to start or expand a business.
India 2015: Women age 15-49, in households selected for the state module, who have heard of loans for women to start or expand a business.
Nepal 2001: Ever-married women age 15-49.

India: 2005-C, 2005-B, 2005-W, 2005-W, 2015-W, 2015-C, 2015-B, 2015-W

Nepal: 2001-W, 2001-B, 2001-C