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Population and Family Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2017 - 2018
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JOR_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: JOR2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1314
End: 1314
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
428) How much did (NAME) weigh?

RECORD WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

KG FROM CARD

_.___

KG FROM RECALL

_.___

DON'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
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.

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Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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