Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Completeness of information: Date of birth (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHDATECOMPLT5)

Data file: BEN2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 539

End: 540

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

39) What is (NAME)'s date of birth?
[ASK FOR CHILDREN AGE 0-6 ONLY]

* FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY SECTION 2 ON REPRODUCTION ON A WOMAN'S QUESTIONNAIRE (ORPHANS, ADOPTED CHILDREN, ETC.), ASK THE DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR OF BIRTH.

FOR ALL OTHER CHILDREN, COPY THE MONTH AND YEAR FROM QUESTION 215 IN SECTION 2 OF THEIR MOTHER'S SURVEY AND ASK THE DAY OF BIRTH.

DAY___
MONTH____
YEAR___

Categories

Value	Category
01	Month, year, and day reported
02	Month and year reported
03	Month and age reported, year imputed
04	Year and age reported, month imputed
05	Year reported, age and month imputed
06	Age reported, year and month imputed
07	Month reported, age and year imputed
08	Year and age reported, year ignored
09	All values imputed
90	No data from individual questionnaire
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

BIRTHDATECOMPLT5 (HC33) reports the completeness of information about the age and date of birth of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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