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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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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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Sex (members under age 5) (H_SEXHHLT5)

Data file: LSO2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 381
End: 381
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(8) SEX: Is (NAME) male or female?

MALE 1
FEMALE 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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