Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Birthweight in kilos (C_BIRTHWT)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1101

End: 1104

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

418. How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

GRAMS FROM CARD 1 ___
GRAMS FROM RECALL 2 ___

DON'T KNOW 99998

Categories

Value	Category
9995	9995+
9996	Not weighed at birth
9997	Don't know
9998	Missing
9999	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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWT (M19) reports the child's birthweight in kilos with three implied decimal places (or, alternatively stated, in grams with no decimal places). Children who were not weighed are coded 9996.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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