Demographic and Health Survey 1993, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Burkina Faso, 1992 - 1993

Reference ID

BFA_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie [Burkina Faso] and Macro International Inc, Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Flag for reported time since last menstrual period (W_MENSTIMFLAG)

Data file: BFA1993-W

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: 0 - 99

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	Number GT interval since birth
2	Number plus amenorrhea GT interval
3	Number reported, but period not returned
4	Reported before last birth, but no birth
5	Reported before last birth, but period since
6	Reported never menstruated, but period returned
7	Reported time during pregnancy
8	Reported never menstruated but had kids
9	Reported period before last birth
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

MENSTIMFLAG (V227) is a flag variable that indicates the type of problem, if any, found in editing responses on the time since the respondent's last menstrual period. Cases without a problem are coded 0.

For time since last menstrual period, see TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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