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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sex (members under age 5) (H_SEXHHLT5)

Data file: TZA2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 594
End: 594
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
213) Is (NAME) a boy or a girl?

BOY 1
GIRL 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Male
2 Female
8 Missing
9 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
SEXHHLT5 (HC27) reports the sex of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement. The information in this variable is copied from SEX (HV104), which reports sex for all household members.

concept

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