Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999

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Reference ID

IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Age of child in months (C_KIDAGEMO)

Data file: IND1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 827

End: 828

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

803. DATE OF BIRTH
[DO NOT ASK FOR MOST RECENT BIRTH]

FROM QUESTION 215 FOR CHILDREN, COPY MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH AND ASK FOR DAY OF BIRTH

DAY_____
MONTH_____
YEAR_____

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
98	Missing
99	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 surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, KIDAGEMO (HW1) reports the child's age in months at the time of the mother's interview (and at the time of the height and weight measurement of the child). This information is useful for calculating child malnutrition indicators such as height-for-age (stunting) and weight-for-age (underweight). The DHS Recode manuals report that the child's age in months is calculated from the century month code of the date of interview minus the century month code of the date of birth of the child.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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