Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset
Namibia, 2000
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Main reason child's birth was not registered (C_BNOTREGWHY)
Data file: NAM2000-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1101
End:
1102
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
453C). Why is (NAME)'s birth not registered?
COSTS TOO MUCH 1
MUST TRAVEL TOO FAR 2
DID NOT KNOW IT SHOULD BE 3
LATE, DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FINE 4
DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO TO REGISTER 5
OTHER (SPECIFY)________ 6
DON'T KNOW 8
COSTS TOO MUCH 1
MUST TRAVEL TOO FAR 2
DID NOT KNOW IT SHOULD BE 3
LATE, DIDN'T WANT TO PAY FINE 4
DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO TO REGISTER 5
OTHER (SPECIFY)________ 6
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Not informed |
| 11 | Did not know it was necessary |
| 12 | Did not know where to register |
| 20 | Not necessary |
| 30 | Cost |
| 31 | Cost too high |
| 32 | Late (and did not want to pay fine) |
| 33 | Did not want to pay |
| 34 | Illegal charges from agents |
| 40 | Delay |
| 50 | Distance/too far |
| 60 | Duty of the father |
| 70 | Unable to register child |
| 71 | Child deceased |
| 72 | Child too young |
| 73 | Parents' ID not available |
| 95 | Birth certificate not given to parents |
| 96 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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
BNOTREGWHY reports the main reason why the child's birth was not registered.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child birth records Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |