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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Currently pregnant (W_BIOFPREGNANT)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2821
End: 2821
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
222. CIRCLE THE CODE, SIGN YOUR NAME, AND ENTER YOUR FIELD WORKER NUMBER.

GRANTED 1 (SIGN AND ENTER YOUR FIELDWORKER NUMBER) ___
PARENT AND OTHER RESPONSIBLE ADULT REFUSED 2 (SIGN AND ENTER YOUR FIELDWORKER NUMBER) ___ (GO TO 229)
NOT PRESENT OR OTHER 3 (GO TO 229)
Categories
Value Category
0 No/don't know
1 Yes
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
BIOFPREGNANT (V454) indicates whether the respondent was pregnant at the time of the interview.

A woman's pregnancy status is an important factor in interpreting hemoglobin/anemia level. See the following variables for more information:
BIOFHEMOLEVEL (V453)
BIOFHEMOLEVELALT (V456)
BIOFANEMIALVL (V457)

concept

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