Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2015

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Reference ID

ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Source of birthweight info (health card or recall) (last birth) (W_BIRTHWTREF_01)

Data file: ZWE2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2633

End: 2633

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

426. When (NAME) was born, was (NAME) very large, larger than average, average, smaller than average, or very small?

VERY LARGE 1
LARGER THAN AVERAGE 2
AVERAGE 3
SMALLER THAN AVERAGE 4
VERY SMALL 5
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
0	Not weighed
1	From written card
2	From mother's recall
3	Other answers
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, BIRTHWTREF_01 (M19A_1) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT_01) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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