Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004

Reference ID

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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Size of child at birth (subjective report) (C_BIRTHSZ)

Data file: LSO2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1278

End: 1279

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

423 When (NAME) was born, was he/she very large, larger than average, average, smaller than average, or very small?

VERY LARGE 1
LARGER THAN AVERAGE 2
AVERAGE 3
SMALLER THAN AVERAGE 4
VERY SMALL 5
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
10	Larger than average
11	Very large
12	Larger than average
20	Average
30	Smaller than average
31	Smaller than average
32	Very small
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

For children born in the last three to five years, BIRTHSZ (M18) indicates the size of the child at birth, reported subjectively by the mother.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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