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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child's birth order number (members under age 5) (H_HWCBORD)

Data file: IND2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 485
End: 486
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
203) What is (NAME)'s birth date?

DAY__
MONTH__
YEAR__
Categories
Value Category
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
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 household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement, HWCBORD (HC64) reports the birth order in which the child was born, from 1 to n, where 1 is the first child born to a mother, and the nth birth is the most recently born child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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