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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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Reference ID
KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Mother took iron tablets/syrup during pregnancy (C_ANIRON)

Data file: KEN2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1509
End: 1509
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
421. During this pregnancy, were you given or did you buy any iron tablets or iron syrup? SHOW TABLETS/SYRUP.
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 423)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 423)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
ANIRON (M45) indicates whether the child's mother took iron tablets or syrup while the child was in utero.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Antenatal iron supplements Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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