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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2003
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KEN_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], Ministry of Health [Kenya], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Preceding birth interval in months (members under age 5) (H_HWCBIRTHINTPREMO)

Data file: KEN2003-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 426
End: 428
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225. FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1998, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN COLUMN 1 OF THE CALENDAR.

FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY.

THE NUMBER OF 'P'S MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED. WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE.
Categories
Value Category
998 Missing
999 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
For household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement and were not a first-born child, HWCBIRTHINTPREMO (HC63) indicates the preceding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born after the mother's previous birth (i.e., after the child's first older sibling).

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