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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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Number of children in height and weight table (W_BIOIDX)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2353
End: 2353
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND HEMOGLOBIN MEASUREMENT

CHECK COLUMNS (10) AND (11): RECORD THE LINE NUMBER, NAME AND AGE OF ALL WOMEN AGE 15-49 AND ALL CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6.
WOMEN 15-49

(37)LINE NO. FROM COL. (10)

LINE NUMBER___ ___
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
BIOIDX (V419) reports the number of entries (number of children) in the height and weight table. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, BIOIDX is actually limited to the number of columns on the survey form that can be completed. In most cases, BIOIDX is capped at six.

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