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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of children in immunization/health history (W_HEALTHIDX)

Data file: CMR1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1971
End: 1971
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 4B. IMMUNIZATION AND HEALTH

440) ENTER LINE NUMBER, NAME, AND SURVIVAL STATUS OF EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1995 IN THE TABLE.
ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR ALL THE BIRTHS. BEGIN WITH THE LAST BIRTH.

(IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 BIRTHS, USE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE).
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
HEALTHIDX (V418) reports the number of entries (number of children) in the health or immunization history. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, HEALTHIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, HEALTHIDX is capped at six.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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