INDIA - Survey on Health Care July - June 1995-96, NSS 52nd Round

Reference ID

IND-NSSO-SHC-1995-v2.1

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

INDIA

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Organization - Ministry of Statistics Programme Implementation , Government of India

Sponsor(s)

Government Of India - GOI -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - MOSPI -

Collection(s)

Other Surveys

Created on

Jan 17, 2018

Last modified

Mar 27, 2019

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Whether DPT taken (DPT)
File: Block 6

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 0
Invalid: 0

Definition

DPT: This vaccine is usually injected in 3 doses at an interval of 1-2 months for immunising the child from diptheria, whooping cough and tetanus. Generally a booster dose is also injected when the child is in the age of 18-24 months.

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was DPT taken ?

Post question

If yes, what was the source?

Categories

Value	Category
0	No response
1	3 doses before 1 year and boster dose within 3 years
2	1 to 3 doses bofore 1 year
3	No

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The information as to whether each child of 0-4 years has taken DPT or not was collected and recorded in codes as : CODE 1: 3 doses before 1 year and boster dose within 3 years CODE 2: 1 to 3 doses bofore 1 year CODE 3: No