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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19.How much did your baby weigh at birth? (s8aq19)

Data file: SCR08A3

Overview

Valid: 1544

Invalid: 2868

Minimum: 1.3

Maximum: 5

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 2

Start: 17

End: 20

Width: 4

Range: 1.29999995231628 - 5

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

19.How much did your baby weigh at birth?

Interviewer instructions

if not weighed, estimate weight

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.

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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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