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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2004
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BGD_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Total births in last 3 years prior to interview (B_BIRTHSTOT3YR)

Data file: BGD2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 331
End: 331
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225. FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JUNE 1998, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN COLUMN 1 OF THE CALENDAR, FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P'S MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.) WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE.
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238) indicates the total number of births the woman had in the 3 years (0 to 35 months) prior to the interview (where 0 is the month of interview). Responses are based on the woman's birth history table, which records the month and year of her children's births.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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