Dataset used in Indoor air pollution and pre-existing morbidities among under-5 children in India: are risk factors of Coronavirus disease (COVID-19)?

National Family Health Survey, 2015–16, consisting of nationally representative sample surveys. A total of 247,743 living children (0-59 months) were utilized from the National Family Health Survey (NFHS)-4 from different pre-existing morbidities and indoor air pollution characteristics of under-five children in the states and union territories of India (IIPS & ICF, 2017). The data used for this study were retrieved from the public domain after describing the objective of the study.