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FICOTHER (FICOTHER)
Food insufficiency cause: Other
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Description

FICOTHER indicates whether some other reason was a cause of food insufficiency for the household. The meaning of "other" depends on the causes of food insufficiency specified in a given survey.

The information in FICOTHER 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

FICOTHER has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

FICOTHER 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