Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset
Benin, 2006
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Main reason child's birth was not registered (C_BNOTREGWHY)
Data file: BEN2006-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1499
End:
1500
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
482C) Why wasn't (NAME)'s birth declared to the state?
COST TOO HIGH 1
DISTANCE TO REGISTRATION CENTER 2
DIDN'T KNOW BIRTH SHOULD BE REGISTERED 3
LATE AND DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FINE 4
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO REGISTER 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ 6
DON'T KNOW 8
COST TOO HIGH 1
DISTANCE TO REGISTRATION CENTER 2
DIDN'T KNOW BIRTH SHOULD BE REGISTERED 3
LATE AND DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FINE 4
DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO GO REGISTER 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ 6
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Not informed |
| 11 | Did not know it was necessary |
| 12 | Did not know where to register |
| 20 | Not necessary |
| 30 | Cost |
| 31 | Cost too high |
| 32 | Late (and did not want to pay fine) |
| 33 | Did not want to pay |
| 34 | Illegal charges from agents |
| 40 | Delay |
| 50 | Distance/too far |
| 60 | Duty of the father |
| 70 | Unable to register child |
| 71 | Child deceased |
| 72 | Child too young |
| 73 | Parents' ID not available |
| 95 | Birth certificate not given to parents |
| 96 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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
BNOTREGWHY reports the main reason why the child's birth was not registered.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child birth records Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |