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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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Reference ID
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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Total births in last 3 years prior to interview (W_BIRTHSTOT3YR)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 364
End: 364
Width: 1
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
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238) indicates the total number of births the woman had in the 3 years (0 to 35 months) prior to the interview (where 0 is the month of interview). Responses are based on the woman's birth history table, which records the month and year of her children's births.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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