Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., 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: IND2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 483

End: 484

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

72C. What is (NAME)'s date of birth?
[ASK FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 ONLY]

COPY MONTH AND YEAR FROM 215 IN THE MOTHER'S BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY. FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY BIRTH HISTORY, ASK DAY, MONTH, AND YEAR.

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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