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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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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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Month of birth (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5)

Data file: IND2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 483
End: 484
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
72C. What is (NAME)'s date of birth?
[ASK FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 ONLY]

COPY MONTH AND YEAR FROM 215 IN THE MOTHER'S BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY. FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY BIRTH HISTORY, ASK DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR.

DAY ____
MONTH ____
YEAR ____
Categories
Value Category
01 January
02 February
03 March
04 April
05 May
06 June
07 July
08 August
09 September
10 October
11 November
12 December
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
99 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
BIRTHMONTHLT5 (HC30) reports the calendar month of birth of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

The complementary variable BIRTHYEARLT5 (HC31) reports the household member's calendar year of birth. BIRTHCMCLT5 (HC32) reports the century month code for the household member's date of birth.

concept

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