Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 1998 - 1999

Reference ID

BFA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

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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Sep 19, 2018

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Number of children in immunization/health history (C_HEALTHIDX)

Data file: BFA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 856

End: 856

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

SECTION 4B: VACCINATION AND HEALTH

441. COMPLETE THE HEADING OF THE TABLE BY FOLLOWING THE SAME PROCEDURE AS FOR SECTION 4A. THERE IS AN IMPORTANT DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SECTIONS 4A AND 4B. SECTION 4A GATHERS INFORMATION ABOUT CHILDREN BOTH ALIVE AND DECEASED, WHEREAS SECTION 4B CONCERNS ONLY LIVING CHILDREN (442-477).

HOWEVER, YOU SHOULD COMPLETE THE HEADING OF THE TABLE IN SECTION 4B FOR ALL CHILDREN, LIVING OR DECEASED, BECAUSE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE TREATMENT OF CHILDREN'S DIARRHEA THAT ARE AT THE END OF THE SECTION (478-488) WILL BE ASKED OF ALL WOMEN.

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6

Description

Definition

HEALTHIDX (V418) reports the number of entries (number of children) in the health or immunization history. 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, HEALTHIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, HEALTHIDX is capped at six.

concept

Concept

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

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