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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Month of birth (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 537
End: 538
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
503. IF MOTHER INTERVIEWED, COPY MONTH AND YEAR FROM BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY; IF MOTHER NOT INTERVIEWED, ASK: What is (NAME'S) birth date?

DAY __
MONTH __
YEAR __
Categories
Value Category
01 January
02 February
03 March
04 April
05 May
06 June
07 July
08 August
09 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
99 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
BIRTHMONTHLT5 (HC30) reports the calendar month of birth of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

The complementary variable BIRTHYEARLT5 (HC31) reports the household member's calendar year of birth. BIRTHCMCLT5 (HC32) reports the century month code for the household member's date of birth.

concept

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