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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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Interval between last birth and interview, in months (B_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO)

Data file: BGD2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 313
End: 315
Width: 3
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
999 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
For women who have ever given birth, LASTBIRTHTOINTMO (V222) reports the number of months between their last birth and the date of interview.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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