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

Last modified

Sep 19, 2018

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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: TZA2015-W

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not weighed
1	From written card
2	From mother's recall
3	Other answers
7	Don't know
8	Missing
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

For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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