Demographic and Health Survey 2004-05 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2004 - 2005

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Reference ID

TZA_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: TZA2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2396

End: 2396

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

KG FROM CARD ____
KG FROM RECALL _____

DON'T KNOW 99998

Categories

Value	Category
0	Not weighed
1	From written card
2	From mother's recall
3	Other answers
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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

concept

Concept

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

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