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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Currently pregnant (C_BIOFPREGNANT)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1124
End: 1124
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
214. CHECK 226 IN WOMEN'S QUESTIONNAIRE:
OR ASK: Are you pregnant?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No/don't know
1 Yes
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
BIOFPREGNANT (V454) indicates whether the respondent was pregnant at the time of the interview.

A woman's pregnancy status is an important factor in interpreting hemoglobin/anemia level. See the following variables for more information:
BIOFHEMOLEVEL (V453)
BIOFHEMOLEVELALT (V456)
BIOFANEMIALVL (V457)

concept

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