Demographic and Health Survey 2010

Malawi, 2010

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MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Flag variable for mother's postpartum abstinence (C_PPABFLAG)

Data file: MWI2010-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	Greater than interval between birth and succeeding birth
2	Greater than interval between birth and date of interview by only 1 month
4	During pregnancy in calendar
8	Missing
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

PPABFLAG (M29) is a flag variable reporting the type of problem found when editing responses about the duration of mother's postpartum abstinence (in PPABMO), for mothers who had resumed sexual relations after the child was born (in the last three to five years). A code of 0 indicates no problem with the original response.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Child health postpartum Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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