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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview (B_BIRTHSOTHER)

Data file: GHA1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 362
End: 362
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
213. Now I would like to ask you about all of your pregnancies, whether born alive, born dead, or lost pregnancy, starting with the first one you had.

RECORD ALL THE PREGNANCIES. RECORD TWINS AND TRIPLETS ON SEPARATE LINES. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 11 PREGNANCIES, USE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.
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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