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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Date of birth (CMC) (Nepali calendar) (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHCMCLT5_NP)

Data file: NPL2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 570
End: 573
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
103. IF MOTHER INTERVIEWED: COPY CHILD'S DATE OF BIRTH (DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR) FROM PREGNANCY HISTORY. IF MOTHER NOT INTERVIEWED ASK: What is (NAME)'s date of birth?

DAY__
MONTH__
YEAR___
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Value Category
9999 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
BIRTHCMCLT5_NP (HC32_NP) reports the century month code, according to the Nepali calendar, for the date of birth of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

The complementary variable BIRTHMONTHLT5_NP reports the calendar month of birth, according to the Nepali calendar, for household members under age 5. BIRTHYEARLT5_NP reports the calendar year of birth, according to the Nepali calendar, for household members under age 5. The Nepali calendar is roughly 57 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar.

For more information on using and interpreting century month codes for birth dates for household members under age 5, see BIRTHCMCLT5, which covers samples using the Gregorian calendar.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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