Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2005

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Reference ID

GIN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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

Data file: GIN2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2270

End: 2270

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

425. How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

GRAMS FROM CARD 1 _____
GRAMS FROM RECALL 2 _____
DOESN'T KNOW 99998

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.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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