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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1992
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NER_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Statistique et des Comptes Nationaux, Direction Générale du Plan, Ministère des Finances et du Plan [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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BCG scar from TB vaccination seen (C_HWBCGSCAR)

Data file: NER1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 832
End: 832
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
906) FOR CHILDREN ONLY: BCG SCAR ON LEFT FOREARM?

SCAR SEEN 1
NO SCAR 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No scar
1 Scar seen
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
HWBCGSCAR (HW14) indicates whether DHS personnel saw a BCG (anti-tuberculosis) vaccination scar on the child's arm or shoulder when measuring height and weight.

Direct information on whether the child received a BCG vaccination, based on the child's immunization card or the mother's report, is reported in VACBCG.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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