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Demographic and Health Survey 2004-05 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2004 - 2005
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Reference ID
TZA_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Month of birth (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5)

Data file: TZA2004-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 437
End: 438
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
(39) What is (NAME'S) date of birth?
* FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY BIRTH HISTORY, ASK DAY, MONTH AND YEAR. FOR ALL OTHER CHILDREN, COPY MONTH AND YEAR FROM 215 IN MOTHER'S BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY.

DAY ________
MONTH _______
YEAR _______
Categories
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)
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 (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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