Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997

Reference ID

BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Length of following birth interval, in months (C_BIRTHINTPOSTMO)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 805

End: 807

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

215. In what month and year was (NAME) born?
WRITE IN EITHER BENGAL OR ENGLISH DATES, BUT NOT BOTH.
USE CODES AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE FOR MONTHS.

BENGALI 1

MONTH __
YEAR 1___

01 BAISHAK
02 JAISTHA
03 ASHAR
04 SRABAN
05 BADHRA
06 ASHWIN
07 KARTIK
08 AGRAHAYAN
09 POUSH
10 MAGH
11 FALGUN
12 CHOITRA

ENGLISH 2

MONTH __
YEAR 19__

01 JANUARY
02 FEBRUARY
03 MARCH
04 APRIL
05 MAY
06 JUNE
07 JULY
08 AUGUST
09 SEPTEMBER
10 OCTOBER
11 NOVEMBER
12 DECEMBER

Value	Category
999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For children born in the three to five years preceding the survey who are not the last-born, or twin of the last-born, child, BIRTHINTPOSTMO (B12) indicates the succeeding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born before the mother's next birth (or before the child's first younger sibling).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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