Codes and Frequencies
Description
FAN indicates whether the household has a fan.
Respondents were asked to report what assets the household owned in order to calculate a wealth index based on assets. This information can be found in the variables SCORE, WEALTHQ, and WEALTHT.
The question associated with this variable was included in the household questionnaire.
Comparability
Apart from slight variation in question wording, there are no comparability issues. Most commonly, the survey asked "Does your household have a fan?"
Comparability with IPUMS-DHS
FAN in IPUMS-PMA is similar to the variable ELECFAN in IPUMS-DHS. There may be differences in questionnaire text or the variable's universe; see the Survey Text and Universe Tab of the IPUMS-DHS variable for more information.
Universe
- All persons.
Availability
- India: 2016-2018
- Nigeria: 2015-2018