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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar (C_PRECALBIDX)

Data file: ZAF2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 372
End: 372
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No prior child
1 1 (or yes, prior child)
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8+
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
PRECALBIDX (V235) provides the birth index number (see BIDX for more information) of the last child born to the woman before the start of the survey's birth calendar. For the majority of samples, PRECALBIDX reports the birth index number of the last child born prior to 5 years before the survey. For a minority of samples, the reference period is 3 or 4 years before the survey. See Sample Description [URL omitted from DDI.] information on the universes for children included in the surveys to learn the specific reference period for each survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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