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Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2001
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BEN_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique [Benin] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Woman menstruated last 6 weeks (W_MENSTRUATE6WK)

Data file: BEN2001-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 327
End: 327
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
237) When did your last menstrual period start?
RECORD THE ANSWER BASED ON THE UNIT GIVEN

DATE, IF GIVEN _______

DAYS AGO 1 _____
WEEKS AGO 2 _____
MONTHS AGO 3 _____
YEARS AGO 4 _____

IN MENOPAUSE/HAS HAD HYSTERECTOMY 994
BEFORE LAST BIRTH 995
NEVER MENSTRUATED 996
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
MENSTRUATE6WK (V216) indicates whether the woman menstruated in the 6 weeks prior to the interview, as calculated from TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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