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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Data file: ZAF1998-B.dat

Birth records

Cases: 22934

Variables

B_DVHWSSO
Would have liked help from: Social worker
B_DVHWPOL
Would have liked help from: Police
B_DVHWDOCTOR
Would have liked help from: Medical personnel
B_DVHWOTHER
Would have liked help from: Other
B_FSWETIFCOUGH
Wets self if cough, sneeze, or lift heavy weight
B_FSWETCONST
Constantly wets self
B_FSSOILCONST
Constantly soils self
B_DELCESRLAST
Last birth caesarean section
B_PPAMENNOW
Woman currently postpartum amenorrheic
B_PPABSTAINNOW
Woman currently postpartum abstaining
B_BFEEDNITE
Times mother breastfed last child during previous night
B_BFEEDAY
Times mother breastfed last child during previous day
B_BOTTLE24H
Mother fed last-born child from bottle with nipple in last day or night
B_BFEEDANYNOW
Woman currently breastfeeding any child
B_BFEEDST
When mother first put last-born child to breast
B_DIATRORSHEARD
Heard of ORS for diarrhea treatment
B_DIASHOULDEAT
Amount children should be given to eat with diarrhea
B_DIASHOULDRINK
Amount children should be given to drink with diarrhea
B_DIATRREPWATERY
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Repeated watery stools
B_DIATRANYWATERY
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Any watery stools
B_DIATRREPVOMIT
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Repeated vomiting
B_DIATRANYVOMIT
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Any vomiting
B_DIATRBLOODST
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Blood in stools
B_DIATRFEVER
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Fever
B_DIATRTHIRST
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Marked thirst
B_DIATRNOTEAT
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Not eating or drinking well
B_DIATRSICKER
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Getting sicker or very sick
B_DIATRNOTBETR
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Not getting better
B_DIATRSUNKFONT
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Sunken fontanelle
B_DIATROTHER
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Other
B_DIATRDK
Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Don't know
B_COUTRFASTBREATH
Signs cough needs treatment: Fast breathing
B_COUTRDIFBREATH
Signs cough needs treatment: Difficult breathing
B_COUTRNOISBREATH
Signs cough needs treatment: Noisy breathing
B_COUTRFEVER
Signs cough needs treatment: Fever
B_COUTRNOTDRINK
Signs cough needs treatment: Unable to drink
B_COUTRNOTEAT
Signs cough needs treatment: Not eat/drink
B_COUTRSICKER
Signs cough needs treatment: Getting sicker
B_COUTRNOTBETR
Signs cough needs treatment: Not getting better
B_COUTRBADCOUGH
Signs cough needs treatment: Strong or frequent cough
B_COUTROTHER
Signs cough needs treatment: Other
B_COUTRDK
Signs cough needs treatment: Don't know
B_KIDSEX
Sex of child
B_KIDALIVE
Child is alive
B_KIDBIRTHMO
Child's month of birth
B_KIDBIRTHYR
Child's year of birth
B_KIDAGEINFO
Completeness of information about child's age and date of birth
B_KIDCURAGE
Current age of child in years
B_KIDDOBCMC
Child's date of birth (CMC)
B_KIDBORD
Child's birth order number
B_KIDTWIN
Child is twin or single birth
B_KIDAGEDEATH
Child age at death (non-imputed)
B_KIDAGEDIEDIMP
Child's age at death in month (including imputed)
B_KIDAGEDEATHFLAG
Flags for reported age at death of child
B_KIDLIVESWITH
Child lives with female respondent or with others
B_BIRTHINTPREMO
Length of preceding birth interval, in months
B_BIRTHINTPOSTMO
Length of following birth interval, in months
B_BINT4YR
Interval between birth and previous birth is 4+ years
B_OTHBIRTHININT
Any other live births in interval between birth and previous reported birth
B_SAMPLE
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier
B_SAMPLESTR
IPUMS-DHS sample identifier (string)
B_COUNTRY
Country
B_YEAR
Year of sample
B_IDHSPID
Unique cross-sample respondent identifier
B_IDHSHID
Unique cross-sample household identifier
B_DHSID
Key to link DHS clusters to context data (string)
B_IDHSPSU
Unique sample-case PSU identifier
B_IDHSSTRATA
Unique cross-sample sampling strata
B_CASEID
Sample-specific respondent identifier
B_HHID
Sample-specific household identifier
B_PSU
Sample-specific primary sampling unit
B_STRATA
Sample-specific sampling strata
B_DOMAIN
Sample-specific domain
B_HHNUM
Household number in cluster
B_CLUSTERNO
Sample-specific cluster number
B_ULTAREAUNIT
Sample-specific ultimate area unit
B_LINENO
Household line number of woman respondent
B_LINENOHHRESP
Respondent's line number (answering Household questionnaire)
B_BIDX
Birth history index number
B_PERWEIGHT
Sample weight for persons
B_AWFACTT
All woman factor for total population
B_MENSELHH
Household selected for men's/husband's survey (individual-level)
B_INTYEAR
Year of interview
B_MONTHINT
Month of interview
B_INTDAY
Day of interview
B_INTDATECMC
Century month date of interview
B_INTSTARTCMC
Century month code (CMC) for start of survey
B_INTENDCMC
Century month code (CMC) for end of survey
B_INTSTART
Time interview started (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTEND
Time interview ended (hhmm - 24 hour clock)
B_INTDURATION
Length of interview (minutes)
B_INTVISITNO
Number of visits for the interview
B_INTRESULT
Result of individual interview
B_EVMARALLSAMP
Ever-married or all-women sample
B_INTERVIEWERIDIR
Identification number of interviewer, women's survey
B_INTERVIEWERIDHH
Identification number of interviewer, household survey
B_URBAN
Urban-rural status
B_DEFACTORES
De facto place of residence
B_RESIDEINTYR
Years lived in place of residence
B_PREVRESTYP
Type of place of previous residence
B_KIDRESTYP
Childhood place of residence
B_GEO_ZA1998_2016
South Africa regions, 1998-2016 [integrated; GIS]
B_GEO_ZA1998
South Africa regions, 1998 [GIS]
B_AGE
Age
B_AGE5YEAR
Age in 5 year groups
B_BIRTHMO
Woman's month of birth
B_BIRTHYEAR
Woman's year of birth
B_DOBCMC
Respondent's date of birth, in century months
B_DOBINFORESP
Information given on respondent's date of birth
B_RESIDENT
Usual resident or visitor
B_RELATE
Respondent's relationship to HH head
B_PREGNANT
Currently pregnant
B_DURCURPREG
Duration of current pregnancy
B_ETHNICITYZA
Ethnicity, South Africa
B_MARSTAT
Woman's current marital or union status
B_EVERMARRIED
Ever been married
B_CURRMARR
Woman never, currently, or formerly married
B_UNION1MORE
Woman had one or more than one union
B_AGEFRSTMAR
Age at first marriage or cohabitation
B_HUSAGE
Age of husband/partner
B_DURMARGRP
Marital or cohabitation duration (grouped)
B_MAR1STMO
Month of first marriage or cohabitation
B_MAR1STYR
Year of first marriage or cohabitation
B_YRSTO1STMAR
Years since starting date of 1st marriage or union
B_MAR1STCMC
Date of first marriage or cohabitation (CMC)
B_MAR1STDATINFO
Completeness of information, date of first marriage/union
B_MARTO1STBORNMO
Months between respondent's 1st marriage and 1st birth
B_WIFENUM
Number of other wives
B_HUSBINHOME
Husband/partner lives in woman's household
B_CHEB
Total children ever born
B_TOTBIRTHIST
Number of entries in the birth history
B_SONSATHOME
Number of own sons living at home
B_DAUSATHOME
Number of own daughters living at home
B_SONSAWAYHOME
Number of own sons living away from home
B_DAUSAWAYHOME
Number of own daughters living away from home
B_SONSDIED
Number of own sons who have died
B_DAUSDIED
Number of own daughters who have died
B_BIRTHSIN5YRS
Number of births in last 5 years
B_BIRTHSIN1YR
Number of births in the past year
B_BIRTHSIN1MO
Total number of births in month of interview
B_DOB1STKIDCMC
Date of respondent's first birth, in century months
B_TIMEMENSTRUATE
Time since woman's last menstrual period
B_MENSTRUATE6WK
Woman menstruated last 6 weeks
B_OVCYCLE
When in cycle thinks pregnancy is most likely
B_CHEBALIVE
Total number of living children born to respondent
B_CHSURVPLUSPG
Total number of living children including current pregnancy
B_CHEBALIVETRUNC
Total number of living children, truncated at 6+
B_LASTBIRTHTOINTMO
Interval between last birth and interview, in months
B_CONCEPTDATEFLAG
Completeness of information on date of conception, current pregnancy
B_MENSTIMFLAG
Flag for reported time since last menstrual period
B_PREGTERMIN
Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth
B_PREGTERMINMO
Calendar month of pregnancy termination
B_PREGTERMINYR
Year of last pregnancy termination
B_PREGTERMTIM
Months pregnant when pregnancy terminated
B_PREGTERMPREV
Respondent had previous pregnancy terminations (prior to last 5 years)
B_BIRTHSOTHER
Other live births in interval between last birth reported and date of interview
B_BIRTHSTOT3YR
Total births in last 3 years prior to interview
B_AGEMENARCHE
Age at first period
B_TIMEMENSCALC
Computed time since last menstrual period
B_AGEAT1STBIRTH
Age of respondent at time of first birth
B_PREGTERMINTOTAL
Total number of miscarriages, abortions, and stillbirths in life
B_PREGTERMCMC
Century month date of last pregnancy termination
B_PREGTERMFLAG
Date flag for last terminated pregnancy
B_HHMEMTOTAL
Total number of household members
B_HHKIDLT5
Number of children under 5 in household
B_HHELIGWOMEN
Number of eligible women in household
B_HHEADAGE
Age of household head
B_HHEADAGEHH
Age of household head (from HH record)
B_HHEADSEX
Sex of household head
B_HHEADSEXHH
Sex of household head (from hh record)
B_FAMSTRUCTR
Relationship structure in HH
B_HHDEATHYR
Member of HH died in last 12 months
B_HHDEATHYRNO
Number of HH members who died in last 12 months
B_HHDEATHYRACCNO
Number of HH members who died due to accidental injury in last 12 months
B_HHDEATHYRVIONO
Number of HH members who died due to violence in last 12 months
B_SLEEPROOMS
Number of rooms in HH used for sleeping
B_WALL
Main material of outside walls of dwelling
B_FLOOR
Main material of floor
B_ELECTRC
Has electricity
B_ELECTRCHH
Dwelling has electricity (from hh record)
B_CHCOAL
Fuel for cooking and heating: Coal/coke/lignite
B_CHDUNG
Fuel for cooking and heating: Dung
B_CHELEC
Fuel for cooking and heating: Electricity
B_CHKEROSENE
Fuel for cooking and heating: Kerosene
B_CHLPG
Fuel for cooking and heating: Liquid petroleum gas
B_CHWOOD
Fuel for cooking and heating: Wood
B_CHOTHER
Fuel for cooking and heating: Other
B_TOILETTYPE
Type of toilet facility
B_DRINKWTR
Major source of drinking water
B_TIMETOWTRIND
Time to water source (from individual respondent record)
B_TIMETOWTRHH
Time to reach water source and return, in minutes (from HH record)
B_WHOFETCHFEMAD
Person who recently fetched HH water: Adult female
B_WHOFETCHMALAD
Person who recently fetched HH water: Adult male
B_WHOFETCHFEMKID
Person who recently fetched HH water: Female child
B_WHOFETCHMALKID
Person who recently fetched HH water: Male child
B_WHOFETCHDK
Person who recently fetched HH water: Don't know
B_HHPHONE
Household has telephone
B_HHPHONEHH
House has telephone (household record)
B_PC
HH has personal computer
B_BIKE
HH has bicycle
B_BIKEHH
HH has bicycle (from HH record)
B_CAR
HH has car/truck
B_CARHH
HH has car/truck (from HH record)
B_MOTORCYCL
HH has motorcycle/scooter
B_MOTORCYCLHH
HH has motorcycle/scooter (from HH record)
B_FRIDGE
HH has refrigerator
B_FRIDGEHH
HH has refrigerator (from HH record)
B_WASHERYN
HH has (automatic) washing machine
B_RADIO
HH has radio
B_RADIOHH
HH has radio (from HH record)
B_TELEVISION
HH has television
B_TVHH
HH has television (from HH record)
B_CATTLEYN
HH owns cattle (yes or no)
B_HORSEMULEYN
HH owns horses/donkeys/mules
B_FIGOHUNGRYFQ
Frequency HH members go hungry
B_CURRWORK
Currently working
B_WKCURRJOB
Woman's occupation
B_WHOWORKFOR
Whom the respondent works for
B_WKEARNCASH
Woman earns cash for work
B_WKHOMEAWAY
Woman works at home or away from home
B_WKKIDCARE
Who cares for youngest child while woman works
B_WKWORKLASTYR
Respondent worked recently
B_WKEMPLOYWHEN
Respondent works all year, seasonally, or occasionally
Total: 523
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