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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Birthweight in kilos (C_BIRTHWT)

Data file: IND2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1464
End: 1467
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

1 KG FROM CARD _____
2 KG FROM RECALL ____
DOESN'T KNOW 99.998
Categories
Value Category
9995 9995+
9996 Not weighed at birth
9997 Don't know
9998 Missing
9999 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 children born in the three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWT (M19) reports the child's birthweight in kilos with three implied decimal places (or, alternatively stated, in grams with no decimal places). Children who were not weighed are coded 9996.

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