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2012 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2012
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TZA_2012_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Cause of death (TZ2012A_DTHCAUSE)

Data file: TZA2012_PHC-H-H

Overview

Type: Discrete
Start: 277
End: 277
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h3">F. General and maternal deaths in the household</span></p>

<p><span class="em">Please record information on deaths that occurred in the household in the last 12 months. Do not forget childhood mortality.</span></p>

<p>37. What was the cause of death? </p>
<div class="i1">[] 1 Road accident <br />[] 2 Other injuries <br />[] 3 Suicide <br />[] 4 Domestic violence <br />[] 5 Sickness / disease <br />[] 6 Maternal death <br />[] 7 Other</div>
Categories
Value Category
NIU (not in universe)
1 Road accident
2 Other injuries
3 Suicide
4 Violence
5 Sickness or disease
6 Birth related
8 Unknown
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.

Description

Definition
The variable indicates the cause of death of a member in the household.
Universe
Tanzania 2012: Household with members that died in the last 12 months [discrepancies: type I none; type II trace]

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