Demographic and Health Survey 2003-2004 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2003 - 2004

Reference ID

MDG_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie, des Finances et du Budget [Madagascar] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Size of child at birth (subjective report) (C_BIRTHSZ)

Data file: MDG2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1239

End: 1240

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

423. When (NAME) was born, was he/she very large, larger than average, average, smaller than average, or very small?

VERY LARGE 1
LARGER THAN AVERAGE 2
AVERAGE 3
SMALLER THAN AVERAGE 4
VERY SMALL 5
DOESN'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
10	Larger than average
11	Very large
12	Larger than average
20	Average
30	Smaller than average
31	Smaller than average
32	Very small
97	Don't know
98	Missing
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

For children born in the last three to five years, BIRTHSZ (M18) indicates the size of the child at birth, reported subjectively by the mother.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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