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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 1987
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Reference ID
BDI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Département de la Population du Ministère de l'Intérieur [Burundi], Insitute for Resrouce Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Reason for best interval between births: Health of mother (W_IDEALBTHHLTHMA)

Data file: BDI1987-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 398
End: 398
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
606) Why is this interval the best?

REST, HEALTH OF MOTHER 1
HEALTH OF CHILD 1
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION 1
ECONOMIC DIFFICULTIES 1
CUSTOMS 1
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 1
DON'T KNOW 1
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
IDEALBTHHLTHMA indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported she believes that protecting the mother's health should determine the ideal interval between births. The related variable IDEALBTHINT (V615) reports what the woman considers the best number of months or years between births.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General family planning Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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