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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Index to birth history, for child measurement (C_HWINDEX)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 947
End: 947
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IN 902 (COLUMNS 2 AND 3) RECORD THE LINE NUMBER FOR EACH CHILD BORN SINCE JANUARY 1993 AND STILL ALIVE.
IN 903 AND 904 RECORD THE NAME (ALL COLUMNS) AND BIRTH DATE (COLUMNS 2, 3 AND 4) FOR THE RESPONDENT AND FOR ALL LIVING CHILDREN BORN SINCE JANUARY 1993.

IN 906 AND 908 RECORD HEIGHT AND WEIGHT OF THE RESPONDENT AND THE LIVING CHILDREN.

(NOTE: ALL RESPONDENTS WITH ONE OR MORE BIRTHS SINCE JANUARY 1993 SHOULD BE WEIGHED AND MEASURED EVEN IF ALL OF THE CHILDREN HAVE DIED. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 3 LIVING CHILDREN SINCE JANUARY 1993, USE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES).
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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