Description

INSHHANYRSBY indicates whether any member of the household is covered by health insurance through RSBY (Rashtriya, Swathya, Bima, Yojana), This program was launched by the Indian Ministry of Labour and Employment to provide health insurance coverage for families below the poverty line, to protect against health shocks involving hospitalization.

The information in INSHHANYRSBY 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

INSHHANYRSBY has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Universe