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Population and Family Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2007
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JOR_2007_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics [Jordan] and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Length of following birth interval, in months (C_BIRTHINTPOSTMO)

Data file: JOR2007-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1250
End: 1252
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225) FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 2002, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN COLUMN 1 OF THE 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 THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.)
Categories
Value Category
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey who are not the last-born, or twin of the last-born, child, BIRTHINTPOSTMO (B12) indicates the succeeding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born before the mother's next birth (or before the child's first younger sibling).

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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