Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2011

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Reference ID

UGA_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: UGA2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1380

End: 1380

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

431) Was (NAME) weighed at birth?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 433)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 433)

Categories

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

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 three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWTREF (M19A) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT) 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

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

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