Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset
Benin, 1996
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Reference ID
BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
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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Sep 19, 2018
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Month of measurement (C_HWMONTHMEAS)
Data file: BEN1996-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1040
End:
1041
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
1009) DATE WEIGHED AND MEASURED
DAY ____
MONTH ____
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 |
| 98 | Missing |
| 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
For surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWMONTHMEAS (HW18) reports the month of the year during which the child's height and weight were measured by DHS personnel.
The complementary variables HWDAYMEAS and HWYEARMEAS report the day (of the month) and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement.
The complementary variables HWDAYMEAS and HWYEARMEAS report the day (of the month) and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |