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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Central African Republic, 2013 - 2014
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COD_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en œuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: COD2013-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2412
End: 2412
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
431) Was (NAME) weighed at birth?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 433)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 433)
Categories
Value Category
0 Not weighed
1 From written card
2 From mother's recall
3 Other answers
7 Don't know
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) 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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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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