Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996

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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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (fourth to last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_04)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1912

End: 1912

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.

concept

Concept

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

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