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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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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1909
End: 1909
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
418) How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE
(IF IN KILOGRAMS, CONVERT TO GRAMS)

GRAMS FROM CARD 1_____
GRAMS FROM MEMORY 2_____
DON'T KNOW 99998
Categories
Value Category
0 Not weighed
1 From written card
2 From mother's recall
3 Other answers
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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