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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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Sep 19, 2018
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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2369
End: 2369
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
434. How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS FROM HEALTH CARD IF AVAILABLE.

KILOGRAMS FROM CARD 1 ___
KILOGRAMS FROM RECALL 2 ___

DOESN'T KNOW 99.998
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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