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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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Reference ID
NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Month of birth (Nepali calendar) (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5_NP)

Data file: NPL2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 492
End: 493
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
203) IF MOTHER INTERVIEWED, COPY MONTH AND YEAR OF BIRTH FROM BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY; IF MOTHER NO INTERVIEWED, ASK: What is (NAME)'s birth date?

DAY __________
MONTH__________
YEAR ________
Categories
Value Category
01 Baisakh
02 Jestha
03 Ashad
04 Srawan
05 Bhadra
06 Aswin
07 Kartik
08 Mangsir
09 Poush
10 Magh
11 Falgun
12 Chaitra
96 Inconsistent
97 Don't know
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
BIRTHMONTHLT5_NP (HC30_NP) reports the calendar month of birth, according to the Nepali calendar, of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

The complementary variable BIRTHYEARLT5_NP reports the year of birth, according to the Nepali calendar, for household members under age 5. BIRTHCMCLT5_NP reports the century month code, according to the Nepali calendar, for the date of birth for household members under age 5.

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