Nepal - Survey on Hard Drug Users in Nepal 2006-2007

Reference ID

NPL-CBS-HDUS-2006-v1

Year

2005 - 2006

Country

Nepal

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics - National Planning Commission Secretariat, His Majesty's Government

Sponsor(s)

Ministry of Home Affairs - MOHA -

Collection(s)

Other Ad-hoc Survey

Metadata

Documentation in PDF

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Jun 13, 2011

Last modified

Aug 30, 2016

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Overview

Identification

Country

Nepal

Title

Survey on Hard Drug Users in Nepal 2006-2007

Study Type

Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey

ID Number

NPL-CBS-HDUS-2006-v1

Version

Version Description

v1 : Edited dataset for internal use only.

Production Date

2007-06

Overview

Abstract

Drug abuse has become multi-dimensional problem in Nepal and drug control, a challenge for the government. Lack of reliable information on size and characteristics of drug users was the bottleneck in formulating effective plans/programs and implementation as well. Considering these facts, the Central Bureau of Statistics upon the request of the Ministry of Home Affairs conducted a survey on hard drug users in Nepal in 2006/07.

The main objective of the survey was to estimate the total number of hard drug users in Nepal. The secondary objective was to generate information on the characteristics of drug users, such as: age, sex, education, age at first intake, frequency/duration of drug use, expenses made on drug etc.

Kind of Data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Units of Analysis

Individual

Scope

Notes

Men and Women using hard drugs: Age patterns of drug users, Age at first drug intake, Number of years drug intake, Frequency of drug intake per day, Cost for a single dose, Currently attending school/campuses, Occupational status, Educational status, Marital status, Types of drug ever used, Reasons for drug intake, Sources of drug, Injecting Drug Users (IDUs), Rehabilitation Centre visit, Voice of drug users.

Topics

Topic	Vocabulary	URI
social behaviour and attitudes [13.6]	CESSDA	http://www.nesstar.org/rdf/common

Coverage

Geographic Coverage

National Coverage

It is assumed that hard drugs are supplied or available mostly in urban areas and so, urban areas and the vicinity are affected most. Also it is assumed that substance users from rural area, who became dependent, live and wander in urban area and vicinity. However, those who live on medical drugs only and live in rural area may have been out of the survey coverage. So, the survey covered 17 municipalities of the five development regions. Among those municipalities, rehabilitation centres were being operated in 12 municipalities. There was no rehabilitation centre found in rest of the 5 municipalities.

Geographic Unit

National

Universe

All the drug users under treatment in any of the rehabilitation center are taken into account of this survey. Other 100 current hard drug users from each spot are also taken into account.

Producers and Sponsors

Primary Investigator(s)

Name	Affiliation
Central Bureau of Statistics	National Planning Commission Secretariat, His Majesty's Government

Funding

Name	Abbreviation	Role
Ministry of Home Affairs	MOHA

Metadata Production

Metadata Produced By

Name	Abbreviation	Affiliation	Role
Central Bureau of Statistics	CBS	National Planning Commission Secretariat, Government of Nepal	Documentation of the study

Date of Metadata Production

2010-11-26

DDI Document Version

Version 01: Central Bureau of Statistics - Original documentation of the study.

Version 02: Revised version of metadata as per the recommendation of ADP assessement report, 25 October 2015.

DDI Document ID

DDI-NPL-CBS-HDUS-2006-v02