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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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  • Identification
  • Version
  • Scope
  • Coverage
  • Producers and sponsors
  • Sampling
  • Data collection
  • Data Access
  • Disclaimer and copyrights
  • Contacts
  • Metadata production

    • Identification

    Survey ID number

    BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
    Title

    Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset
    Subtitle

    IPUMS Harmonized Subset
    Country
    Name Country code
    Benin BEN
    Study type

    Demographic and Health Survey [hh/dhs]
    Kind of Data

    Demographic and Household Survey [hh/dhs]
    Unit of Analysis

    Woman, Birth, Child, Birth,
    Man, Household Member

    Version

    Version Description

    Version 7. The datasets contain selected variables from the original microdata plus harmonized variables from the IPUMS-DHS database.
    Version Date

    September 2019

    Scope

    Topics
    Topic Vocabulary
    Agricultural Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Behavior changes due to HIV/AIDS knowledge Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Breastfeeding and infant feeding Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child delivery care, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child feeding, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child's breastfeeding Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Child vaccination, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Condom knowledge and attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Condom use Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Days child fed foods in past week Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Diarrhea, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Discussion of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    DPT-HB-Hib vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Education Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Environmental Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Ethnicity and religion Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Ever use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Female anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    First or ever sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    First use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Foods fed child in past 24 hours Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Future use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    General family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    General HIV/AIDS knowledge Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    General sources Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    General technical Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Geography, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    HIV/AIDS transmission and prevention Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Household demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Housing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Identifiers Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Information on family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Integrated geography Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    IPUMS International geography Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Knowledge of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Marriage and cohabitation Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Maternal delivery care, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Measles vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Media exposure Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Migration Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Nutrition Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Other vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Perceived risk of HIV/AIDS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Place for diarrhea treatment, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Polio vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Possessions Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Recent sexual experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Recent sexual partners Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Recent use of family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Single sample geography Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Social Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Source for respiratory treatment, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Source for respiratory treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Source for STI advice, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Source for STI advice, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Source of HIV/AIDS information Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Sterilization Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    STI experience Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    STI knowledge Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Survey dates Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Toilet and water Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Type of family planning method Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Vitamin A vaccinations Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Wealth index Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Weights and subsample selection Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Why not use family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
    Work Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS

    Coverage

    Universe

    Women age 15-49, Births, Children age 0-2, Men age 20-64, All persons

    Producers and sponsors

    Primary investigators
    Name Affiliation
    Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc.
    Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota

    Sampling

    Sampling Procedure

    MICRODATA SOURCE: Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc.

    SAMPLE UNIT: Woman
    SAMPLE SIZE: 5491

    SAMPLE UNIT: Birth
    SAMPLE SIZE: 19359

    SAMPLE UNIT: Child
    SAMPLE SIZE: 3011

    SAMPLE UNIT: Man
    SAMPLE SIZE: 1535

    SAMPLE UNIT: Member
    SAMPLE SIZE: 27892

    Data collection

    Dates of Data Collection
    Start End
    1996 1996
    Time periods
    Start date End date
    1996 1996

    Data Access

    Access authority
    Name
    Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc.
    Confidentiality
    Is signing of a confidentiality declaration required? Confidentiality declaration text
    no None
    Access conditions

    Users of IPUMS-DHS data must agree to abide by the access restrictions and terms of use set forth by the DHS Program: https://dhsprogram.com/data/Access-Instructions.cfm
    Citation requirements

    Publications and research reports based on the IPUMS-DHS database must cite it appropriately. The citation should include the following:

    Elizabeth Heger Boyle, Miriam King and Matthew Sobek. IPUMS-Demographic and Health Surveys: Version 7 [dataset]. Minnesota Population Center and ICF, 2019. https://doi.org/10.18128/D080.V7

    Researchers should also acknowledge the originally produced the data: Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc. Benin Demographic and Health Survey 1996 [Dataset]. Data Extract from BJIR31.SAV, BJHR31.SAV, BJKR31.SAV, BJBR31.SAV, BJMR31.SAV, and BJPR31.SAV. IPUMS Demographic and Health Surveys (IPUMS DHS), version 7, IPUMS and ICF [Distributors]. Accessed from http://idhsdata.org on DATE.

    The licensing agreement for use of IPUMS-DHS data requires that users supply us with the title and full citation for any publications, research reports, or educational materials making use of the data or documentation. Please add your citation to the IPUMS bibliography at http://bibliography.ipums.org/.

    Disclaimer and copyrights

    Disclaimer

    The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
    Copyright

    (c) Copyright , Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc. and Minnesota Population Center

    Contacts

    Contacts
    Name
    Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc.

    Metadata production

    DDI Document ID

    DDI_BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
    Producers
    Name Affiliation Role
    Minnesota Population Center University of Minnesota Integration Harmonization Documentation
    Date of Metadata Production

    September 25, 2019

    Metadata version

    DDI Document version

    f'DDI Document version - Version 0{vno} (March 2020)
    This version is identical
    to IPUMS Version 7 except for the following fields that were edited by World Bank:
    DDI ID and
    Study ID - adaptation version number changed to v0{vno} as this is the subsequent DHS-IPUMS
    adaptation in World Bank catalog.

    Version 7 . Documentation of Demographic Household Survey
    data and harmonized variables as found in IPUMS-DHS. IPUMS has distribution rights to the
    metadata and data. The XML documents generated by this process are viewed as a distribution
    of the metadata.
    Fields edited for the World Bank are: DDI ID and study ID to match World Bank
    study naming convention, as well as DDI Document Version and Version Description to reflect
    changed included in version 7. Variable ID's and names were changed to add the
    prefix W, C, B, M, or H_ to indicate file source as Woman, Child, Birth, Man, or
    Household Member respectively. This was done to create unique variable IDs and names within
    the file. These prefixes are not found in the IPUMS-DHS system.
    Original extract version
    date 2019-9-25. DDI metadata revised to add DOI number to stdyDscr/notes and correct assignment
    of variables to record types. All non-ANSI_Latin characters have been replaced.'
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