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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Preceding birth interval in months (members under age 5) (H_HWCBIRTHINTPREMO)

Data file: GHA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 551
End: 553
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
215. In what month and year was (NAME) born? PROBE: What is his/her birthday?
In what season was (NAME) born?

MONTH ____
YEAR ____
Categories
Value Category
998 Missing
999 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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement and were not a first-born child, HWCBIRTHINTPREMO (HC63) indicates the preceding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born after the mother's previous birth (i.e., after the child's first older sibling).

concept

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