Demographic and Health Survey 2016

South Africa, 2016

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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M

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Statistics South Africa (Stats SA)

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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Day of birth of child (hw16)

Data file: REC44

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Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Width: 12

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Living children for variables HW1-HW12, HW14-HW73 (B5(HWIDX) = 1).

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Notes

Day of birth of the child. This is used in conjunction with the date of measurement of the child to more finely calculate the age of the child in days when computing the anthropometric measures. This level of accuracy can be important in very young children. The age of the child calculated from the day of birth information is not used as a background characteristic for tabulations, but purely to produce a more accurate set of anthropometric indices.

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