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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Whether survey columns are used for last births only (B_LASTBIRTHONLY)

Data file: LSO2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1013
End: 1013
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
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1 Last birth only
2 All births in last 5 years
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
LASTBIRTHONLY (V468) indicates whether the column(s) on the women's questionnaire relating to pregnancy and postnatal care relate only to last-born children. In the standard questionnaire, some questions are asked about the last-born child only, while in some countries, these questions are asked about all children born in the last three or five years. LASTBIRTHONLY indicates whether the questionnaire followed the standard or was changed to include more children.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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