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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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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: BFA2010-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1510
End: 1510
Width: 1
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
0 Not weighed
1 From written card
2 From mother's recall
3 Other answers
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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, BIRTHWTREF (M19A) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

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