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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Index to birth history, for child measurement (C_HWINDEX)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 624
End: 624
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
INTERVIEWER: IN 801-802, RECORD LINE NUMBERS AND NAMES OF ALL LIVING CHILDREN BORN SINCE JANUARY 1, 1985 STARTING WITH THE YOUNGEST CHILD.

RECORD DATE OF BIRTH IN 803 AND CHECK AGE IN 804.

RECORD WEIGHT AND LENGTH OF CHILDREN 3-36 MONTHS IN 805 AND 806.

801. LINE NO.

_____

802. NAME

_______

803. DATE OF BIRTH

MONTH ___
YEAR ___

804. CHECK AGE: 3-36 MONTHS

YES__
NO __ (GO TO NEXT COLUMN, IF NO MORE CHILDREN GO TO NEXT PAGE)

805. WEIGHT (in kgs)

___.__

806. LENGTH (in cms)

___.__
Categories
Value Category
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
HWINDEX (HWIDX) reports the line number, in the birth history, of children under age 5 who were included in the health history of the women's questionnaire and who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement. The most recently born child would be coded 1, and the line number of the child should match the number in BIDX (index to birth history) and HIDX (index to children in health history).

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