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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2005
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GIN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Preceding birth interval in months (members under age 5) (H_HWCBIRTHINTPREMO)

Data file: GIN2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 433
End: 435
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
39. What is (NAME)'s date of birth?

FOR THE CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY OF THE 2 SECTIONS RELATING TO REPRODUCTION (ORPHANS, ADOPTED CHILDREN, ETC.) ASK THE DAY, THE MONTH, AND THE YEAR OF BIRTH. FOR ALL OTHER CHILDREN, COPY THE MONTH AND THE YEAR OF QUESTION 215 IN SECTION 2 OF THEIR MOTHER AND ASK THE DATE OF BIRTH.

DAY _____

MONTH _____

YEAR _____
Categories
Value Category
998 Missing
999 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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement and were not a first-born child, HWCBIRTHINTPREMO (HC63) indicates the preceding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born after the mother's previous birth (i.e., after the child's first older sibling).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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