World Health Survey 2003

Namibia, 2003

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Reference ID

NAM_2003_WHS_v01_M

Producer(s)

World Health Organization (WHO)

Collection(s)

WHO’s Multi-Country Studies Programmes

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Oct 17, 2013

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Sex of youngest child in the household (q6501)

Data file: WHS-Namibia_F5

Overview

Valid: 1551

Invalid: 2699

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 2

Start: 1560

End: 1563

Width: 4

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Can you please tell me the name, the sex, and the date of birth of the youngest child living in this household.

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Male	727	46.9%
2	Female	824	53.1%
Sysmiss		2699

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.

Interviewer instructions

The purpose of these questions is to make sure that the interviewer gets the information about the youngest child in the household, whether related to the respondent or not, and determines the date of birth (month and year)and sex of the child. The interviewer should refer to this name for all questions in this section (Q6504-Q6565, and in malaria endemic areas Q6566-Q6570).

Description

Universe

Questions to be asked to households with children under 5 years.

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