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 — Index
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GENERAL |
India |
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 — India [top]
The Round 1 Survey asked "Does your household have an electric 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
