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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 2010
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BDI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU), Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre le Sida [Burundi] (MSPLS), et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: BDI2010-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2231
End: 2231
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

KG FROM CARD 1 ____
KG FROM RECALL 2 ____

DON'T KNOW 99.998
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.

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