Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989

Reference ID

UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Age in 5 year groups (W_AGE5YEAR)

Data file: UGA1988-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 189

End: 190

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

108) How old were you at your last birthday?

AGE IN COMPLETED YEARS

Categories

Value	Category
10	10 to 14
11	10 to 14
12	12 to 14
13	13 to 14
20	15-19
30	20-24
40	25-29
50	30-34
60	35-39
70	40-44
80	45-49
90	50+
91	50-54
92	55-59
93	60-64

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

AGE5YEAR (V013) reports the woman's age in 5-year groups, based on data from the AGE (V012) variable. The age range of women interviewed varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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