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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Total births in last 3 years prior to interview (W_BIRTHSTOT3YR)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 348
End: 348
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
224. CHECK 215 AND ENTER THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN 2003 OR LATER.
IF NONE, RECORD '0' AND GO TO 226.

NUMBER OF BIRTHS ___
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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