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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2011
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UGA_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and ICF International., 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: UGA2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 511
End: 513
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
215) In what month and year was (NAME) born?

PROBE: When is his/her birthday?

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).

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