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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Number of children in immunization/health history (C_HEALTHIDX)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 779
End: 779
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
SECTION 4B. VACCINATION AND HEALTH

440. WRITE THE LINE NUMBER, NAME, AND SURVIVAL STATUS OF EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1994 RECORDED IN THE REPRODUCTION TABLE. ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR EACH BIRTH STARTING WITH THE MOST RECENT. (IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 BIRTHS, USE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE.)

[441-465 ARE REPEATED FOR EACH BIRTH, BEGINNING WITH THE MOST RECENT BIRTH. IF MORE THAN 2 BIRTHS, USE LAST COLUMN OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.]
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
HEALTHIDX (V418) reports the number of entries (number of children) in the health or immunization history. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, HEALTHIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, HEALTHIDX is capped at six.

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