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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1998 - 1999
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BFA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of children in maternity history (B_MATERNITYIDX)

Data file: BFA1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 853
End: 853
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
402. ENTER THE LINE NUMBER, NAME, AND SURVIVAL STATUS FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1993 IN THE REPRODUCTION TABLE. ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BIRTHS BEGINNING WITH THE LAST BIRTH. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 3 BIRTHS, USE LAST COLUMN OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
MATERNITYIDX (V417) reports the number of entries in the pregnancy and postnatal care history for a female respondent. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, MATERNITYIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, MATERNITYIDX is capped at six.

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