Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009

Kenya, 2008 - 2009

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KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M

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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys

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Feb 26, 2013

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Flag for last period (v227)

Data file: REC22

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 59

End: 59

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	N > int. since birth
2	N + amen. > interval
3	N, but per. not ret.
4	95, but no birth
5	95, but per.returned
6	96, but per.returned
7	N, last per. in preg
8	96, had children
9	N, per.bef.last birth

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Notes

Flag variable indicating inconsistencies found in editing the response for variable V215.
0 - No flag
1 - Duration given is greater than the interval since the last birth and the respondent did not say, in the maternity section, that she was still amenorrheic since her last birth
2 - Duration given plus the duration of amenorrhea after the last birth is greater than the interval since the last birth
3 - Duration was reported, but the respondent's period had not returned since the last birth
4 - Respondent reported her last period was before her last birth, but she had never given birth
5 - Respondent reported never having menstruated, but reported in the maternity section that her period had returned after her last birth
6 - Respondent reported her last period was before her last birth, but reported in the maternity section that her period had returned after her last birth
7 - Respondent reported a duration since her last period, but this would place her last period during her last pregnancy
8 - Respondent reported never having menstruated, but she had children
9 - Duration was reported, but the duration would place her period before her last birth

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