Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013

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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview (B_BIRTHSOTHER)

Data file: PAK2012-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 329

End: 329

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

233) FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 2007, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN CALENDAR. WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE. FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P's MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED.) CHECK 227 FOR EACH PREGNANCY THAT DID NOT END IN A LIVE BIRTH. CHECK 228. IF YES (CODE '1' CIRCLED), ENTER 'A' FOR ABORTION OR 'C' (IF CODE '2' CIRCLED) FOR MISCARRIAGE OR 'S' FOR STILLBIRTH, IN CALENDAR IN THE MONTH THAT THE PREGNANCY TERMINATED AND 'P' FOP THE REMAINING NUMBER OF COMPLETED MONTHS OF PREGNANCY.

Value	Category
1	Yes
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)
0	No

Description

Definition

BIRTHSOTHER (V237) indicates whether the woman had any other live births in the interval between the last reported birth and the date of the interview. The question for this variable verifies whether the woman omitted any births when reporting her birth record. Omitted births should be included in the final version of the birth history in the variable CHEB (V201).

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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