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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child is twin or single birth (B_KIDTWIN)

Data file: NGA2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1465
End: 1466
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
213. Were any of these births twins?

SINGLE 1
MULTIPLE 2
Categories
Value Category
10 Single birth/not a twin
20 Twin or multiple
21 1st of multiple births
22 2nd of multiple births
23 3rd of multiple births
24 4th of multiple births
25 5th of multiple births
26 6th of multiple births
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
KIDTWIN (B0) reports whether the child is a twin (or born in a multiple birth) or is a single birth.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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