Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Month of birth (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5)

Data file: BEN2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 529

End: 530

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

39) What is (NAME)'s date of birth?
[ASK FOR CHILDREN AGE 0-6 ONLY]

* FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY SECTION 2 ON REPRODUCTION ON A WOMAN'S QUESTIONNAIRE (ORPHANS, ADOPTED CHILDREN, ETC.), ASK THE DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR OF BIRTH.

FOR ALL OTHER CHILDREN, COPY THE MONTH AND YEAR FROM QUESTION 215 IN SECTION 2 OF THEIR MOTHER'S SURVEY AND ASK THE DAY OF BIRTH.

DAY___
MONTH____
YEAR___

Value	Category
01	January
02	February
03	March
04	April
05	May
06	June
07	July
08	August
09	September
10	October
11	November
12	December
96	Inconsistent
97	Don't know
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIRTHMONTHLT5 (HC30) reports the calendar month of birth of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement.

The complementary variable BIRTHYEARLT5 (HC31) reports the household member's calendar year of birth. BIRTHCMCLT5 (HC32) reports the century month code for the household member's date of birth.

concept

Concept

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

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