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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2012 - 2013
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MLI_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistiques (CPS/SSDSPF), Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), Centre d’Études et d’Information Statistiques (INFO-STAT) [Mali] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: MLI2012-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2549
End: 2549
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
432) How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE

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.

Description

Definition
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

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