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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2014
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BGD_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview (C_BIRTHSOTHER)

Data file: BGD2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 350
End: 350
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
225. (C) FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 2009, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN THE CALENDAR. WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE. FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P's MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.)
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
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
BIRTHSOTHER (V237) indicates whether the woman had any other live births in the interval between the last reported birth and the date of the interview. The question for this variable verifies whether the woman omitted any births when reporting her birth record. Omitted births should be included in the final version of the birth history in the variable CHEB (V201).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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