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Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of births in last 5 years (B_BIRTHSIN5YRS)

Data file: KEN1989-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 255
End: 255
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
211. Now I would like to talk to you about all of your births, whether still alive or not, starting with the first one you had. (RECORD NAMES OF ALL THE BIRTHS IN 212. RECORD TWINS ON SEPARATE LINES. CODE TYPE OF BIRTH.)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 8
7 7
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) reports the number of births the woman had in the five years prior to the survey. This statistic is calculated based on the total number of births in the 0 to 59 months prior to the month of the interview.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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