Codes and Frequencies
Description
INSHHANYBPL indicates whether any member of the household is covered by a health insurance plan targeting households below the poverty line.
The information in INSHHANYBPL 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 (with visitors coded "2") 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
INSHHANYBPL has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
INSHHANYBPL is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS household questionnaire.
Comparability — India [top]
The 2015 India survey includes "Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana" as a response category. This is a government-funded health insurance plan that initially targeted households below the poverty line, but it has been expanded to cover other unorganized workers, such as miners, sanitation workers, and rickshaw pullers).
Universe
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 in households in which at least one regular household member is covered by a health scheme or health insurance.
