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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1108
End: 1108
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
418) How much did (NAME) weigh?

RECORD THE WEIGHT WRITTEN ON THE HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

GRAMS FROM CARD: ___ 1
GRAMS FROM MEMORY: ___ 2
DON'T KNOW 99998
Categories
Value Category
0 Not weighed
1 From written card
2 From mother's recall
3 Other answers
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWTREF (M19A) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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