Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015

Reference ID

AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Jan 16, 2021

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Respondent's date of birth, in century months (Solar Hiji calendar) (C_DOBCMC_AF)

Data file: AFG2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 244

End: 247

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

102. In what month and year were you born?

MONTH___
DON'T KNOW MONTH 98

YEAR_____
DON'T KNOW YEAR 9998

Description

Definition

Like DOBCMC (V011), DOBCMC_AF reports the century month code (CMC) for the woman's date of birth. However, DOBCMC_AF is country-specific to Afghanistan, as the data are recorded using the Solar Hijri calendar. For most other countries, the CMC data for the woman's date of birth are recorded using the Gregorian calendar. On average, there is a 621 or 622 year gap between the Solar Hijri calendar and the Gregorian calendar.

For detailed information on the calculation and interpretation of CMC codes, see DOBCMC (V011).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

Imputation and derivation

Derivation

DOBCMC_AF is a 4-digit variable.

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