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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Under age 18 (according to household questionnaire) (respondents to women's survey) (B_BIOFUNDER18)

Data file: CMR2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1233
End: 1233
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
505A) AGE: CHECK COLUMN 7.

15-17 YEARS 1
18-49 YEARS 2 (GO TO 508)
Categories
Value Category
1 Under age 18
2 Age 18 or older
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
BIOFUNDER18 (V452A) indicates whether the respondent was under or over age 18 at the time of the interview, according to the household roster.

The information in this variable was used by DHS personnel to determine whether a female household member needed consent from a parent/caretaker before conducting hemoglobin measurements.

concept

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