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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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Reference ID
IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Length of following birth interval, in months (B_BIRTHINTPOSTMO)

Data file: IND2005-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1300
End: 1302
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
215. In what month and year was (NAME) born?
PROBE: What is his/her birthday?

MONTH ___
YEAR ___
Categories
Value Category
999 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 three to five years preceding the survey who are not the last-born, or twin of the last-born, child, BIRTHINTPOSTMO (B12) indicates the succeeding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born before the mother's next birth (or before the child's first younger sibling).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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