Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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18. Was your baby weighed at birth? (s8aq18)

Data file: SCR08A3

Overview

Valid: 1563

Invalid: 2849

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 2

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 16

End: 16

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 2

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

18. Was your baby weighed at birth?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	yes	1012	64.7%
2	no	551	35.3%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Asks about weights of new-born children to assess nutrition status related to
living standards. Record kilograms and one digit after the comma. Due to the fact that “Children
weighing less than 2,5 kg” is an important indicator, to assess nutritional status therefore, when
cases are close to 2,5 kg, the interviewer should again ask the mother how much the child
weighed after birth, higher or lower than 2,5 kg. For cases where the child was not weighed let
the mother estimate her child's weight.

Description

Definition

refering to the latest child born, that is the live born child that
the woman gave birth to most recently in relation to the interview date, regardless of whether that
child is currently dead or alive.

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