Codes and Frequencies
Description
GENERATYN indicates whether the household has a generator. The complementary variable, GENERATNUM, indicates the number of generators owned by the household.
The information in GENERATYN is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
GENERATYN differs somewhat in its wording across samples, as noted below in the information for specific countries.
Comparability - Standard DHS
GENERATYN is a country-specific household variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The 2018 Bangladesh survey asked whether the household had "an IPS/generator."
Comparability — Chad [top]
The 1996 and 2004 Chad surveys ask if the household has a personal source of electricity, such as a power generator, solar panel, or batteries.
Comparability — Ghana [top]
The 2008 Ghanaian survey asked, "Does your household have: Electric generator/invertor(s)?"
Comparability — Lesotho [top]
The 2004, 2009, and 2014 Lesotho surveys asked whether the household had "a battery or generator for power."
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The 2016 Nepal survey asked about possession of an "invertor."
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
The 2013 Nigerian survey referred to a "generating set," while the 2008 Nigerian survey referred to a generating set "in good working order."
Comparability — Tanzania [top]
The 2015 Tanzanian survey asked whether the household had "a battery or generator for power."
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
The 2010 and 2015 Zimbabwean surveys asked, "Does your dwelling unit/household have: A battery or generator for power?"
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49.
- Benin 2006: All women age 15-49.
- Benin 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Benin 2017: All women age 15-49.
- Burundi 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 2011: All women age 15-49.
- Cameroon 2018: All women age 15-64.
- Chad 1996: All women age 15-49.
- Chad 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Ghana 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Lesotho 2004: All women age 15-49.
- Lesotho 2009: All women age 15-49.
- Lesotho 2014: All women age 15-49.
- Liberia 2007: All women age 15-49.
- Liberia 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Nepal 2016: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2008: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Nigeria 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Tanzania 2015: All women age 15-49.
- Yemen 2013: All women age 15-49.
- Zambia 2018: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2010: All women age 15-49.
- Zimbabwe 2015: All women age 15-49.
