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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2010
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Reference ID
BFA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie (INSD), Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Burkina Faso] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Birthweight in kilos (C_BIRTHWT)

Data file: BFA2010-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1506
End: 1509
Width: 4
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
432. How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

GRAMS FROM CARD 1 _____
GRAMS FROM RECALL 2 _____

DOESN'T KNOW 99998
Categories
Value Category
9995 9995+
9996 Not weighed at birth
9997 Don't know
9998 Missing
9999 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
For children born in the three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWT (M19) reports the child's birthweight in kilos with three implied decimal places (or, alternatively stated, in grams with no decimal places). Children who were not weighed are coded 9996.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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