Description Data
Description Data
hh.dta
hhcode household identification number
Thana thana code (a thana is an administrative
center comprising a number of villages).
It ranges from 1 to 32 as there are 32
thanas.
vill village code (when combined with thana
it uniquely identifies a village). It ranges
from 1 to 4 as a maximum four villages
are selected from a thana.
region region code
1 Dhaka (the capital)
2 Chittagong
3 Khulna
4 Rajshahi
weight Sampling weight for household
distance distance to nearest paved road (km)
d_bank distance to nearest
commercial/agricultural bank (km)
Toilet type of latrine used in the household
1 Sanitary
2 non-sanitary
hhelec if household has electricity
1 yes
2 no
hassetg household total assets (in taka)
famsize household size
sexhead gender of household head
1 male
2 female
agehead age of household head (years)
educhead years of schooling of household head
hhlandd land (in decimals, i.e. one-hundredth of
an acre) owned by household
Ind.dta
consume.dta
Ten items have been selected from the
survey: rice, wheat, pulses, milk, oil,
meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, sugar. Let
X denote any items, so:
qX quantity (kg) of item X consumed last
week
eX value of item X consumed last week (in
taka)
expfd household total food consumption per
month (in taka)
expnfd household total expenditure on regular
non-food items per month (in taka)
vprice.dta