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Hi All,
Got some indication though not exhaustive of the definition of urban areas used by NFHS. One of the article uses a variable given in NFHS data that breaks urban areas into much more aggregated level. It classifies urban area into 5 categories
1. mega city
2. large city
3. small city
4. large town
5. small town
This article defines these subcategories on the basis of population size and I quote
" In NFHS 3, cities and towns are classified as mega city (more than 5 million), large city (1-5 million), small city (1 lakh# to 1 million), large towns (50,000 to 1 lakh) and small towns (less than 50,000).
#1 lakh=100,00
the link of the article is http://infochangeindia.org/agenda/urbanisation/size-matters. html
upon cross tabbing this variable (s025 in Individual file) with the variable in discussion (v026) I found that v026 is aggregated version of this variable where equivalences are as follows
mega city+ large city = large/capital city of v026
small city = small city of v026
large town +small town= town of v026
I am pasting the result of the cross tab
city\town\cou | de facto place of residence
ntryside | 0.capita 1.small 2.town 3.country| Total
--------------+--------------------------------------------+ ----------
1. mega city | 7,794 0 0 0 | 7,794
2. large city | 18,524 0 0 0 | 18,524
3. small city | 0 9,336 0 0 | 9,336
4. large town | 0 0 4,497 0 | 4,497
5. small town | 0 0 16,810 0 | 16,810
6. rural | 0 0 0 67,424 | 67,424
--------------+--------------------------------------------+ ----------
Total | 26,318 9,336 21,307 67,424 | 124,385
Research Fellow,
Crawford school of Public Policy
Australian National University
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