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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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Child's mother received Vitamin A does in first 2 months after delivery (C_PPVITA)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1087
End: 1087
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
417G. Did you receive Vitamin A capsules within six weeks following the delivery of (NAME)?
SHOW VITAMIN A CAPSULE.

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, PPVITA (M54) indicates whether the child's mother received a vitamin A dose in the first 2 months after delivery of the child in question.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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