Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Flag for reported time since last menstrual period (W_MENSTIMFLAG)

Data file: TZA2015-W

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	Number GT interval since birth
2	Number plus amenorrhea GT interval
3	Number reported, but period not returned
4	Reported before last birth, but no birth
5	Reported before last birth, but period since
6	Reported never menstruated, but period returned
7	Reported time during pregnancy
8	Reported never menstruated but had kids
9	Reported period before last birth
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

MENSTIMFLAG (V227) is a flag variable that indicates the type of problem, if any, found in editing responses on the time since the respondent's last menstrual period. Cases without a problem are coded 0.

For time since last menstrual period, see TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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