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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2005
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RWA_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère des Finances et de la Planification Économique [Rwanda] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Under age 18 (according to household questionnaire) (respondents to women's survey) (W_BIOFUNDER18)

Data file: RWA2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2679
End: 2679
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(52) CHECK AGE IN COLUMN (51)

AGE 15-17 1
AGE 18+ 2 (GO TO 55)
Categories
Value Category
1 Under age 18
2 Age 18 or older
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
BIOFUNDER18 (V452A) indicates whether the respondent was under or over age 18 at the time of the interview, according to the household roster.

The information in this variable was used by DHS personnel to determine whether a female household member needed consent from a parent/caretaker before conducting hemoglobin measurements.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Female biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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