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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Total births in last 3 years prior to interview (B_BIRTHSTOT3YR)

Data file: BEN1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 345
End: 345
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225) CHECK 215 AND ENTER THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS SINCE JANUARY 1993.
IF NONE, RECORD '0'

NUMBER OF BIRTHS____
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238) indicates the total number of births the woman had in the 3 years (0 to 35 months) prior to the interview (where 0 is the month of interview). Responses are based on the woman's birth history table, which records the month and year of her children's births.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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