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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Flags for reported age at death of child (C_KIDAGEDEATHFLAG)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 946
End: 946
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF BORN ALIVE BUT NOW DEAD:
224 How old was (NAME) when he/she died?
IF '?1 YR.', PROBE: How many months old was (NAME)?
RECORD DAYS IF LESS THAN 1 MONTH; MONTHS IF LESS THAN TWO YEARS; OR YEARS.

DAYS 1 _____
MONTHS 2 _______
YEARS 3 _______
Categories
Value Category
0 No flag
1 Reported age places death after interview
2 Reported age less than reported duration breastfeeding
3 Reported age less than age given supplemental food
4 Reported age less than age first breastfed
5 Reported age before last vaccination
6 Reported age outside expected range for units
7 Reported age was imputed, units given
8 Reported age was imputed, units not given
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
KIDAGEDEATHFLAG (B13) reports the type of problem, if any, found when editing responses about the child's age at death (in KIDAGEDEATH). A code of 0 indicates no problem with the original response.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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