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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1988
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Reference ID
EGY_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Council [Egypt] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Number of children in maternity history (B_MATERNITYIDX)

Data file: EGY1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 632
End: 632
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
701. CHECK 215:

ONE OR MORE BIRTHS SINCE JANUARY 1983: (GO TO 702)
NO BIRTHS SINCE JANUARY 1983: (GO TO 848)

702. CHECK 212, 213 AND 216 AND ENTER THE NAME, LINE NUMBER, AND SURVIVAL STATUS OF EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1983 AT THE TOP OF THE TABLE BELOW, BEGINNING WITH THE LAST BIRTH. RECORD NAMES OF TWINS IN SEPARATE COLUMNS. COPY THE SAME INFORMATION AT THE TOP OF THE TABLES ON THE FOLLOWING THREE PAGES. THEN ASK QUESTIONS 703-712 AS APPROPRIATE FOR BIRTH SINCE 1983 REGARDLESS OF THE SURVIVAL STATUS. COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS FOR ONE BIRTH BEFORE GOING ON TO THE NEXT BIRTH.

LINE NUMBER FROM 212

______________

NAME FROM 213 SURVIVAL STATUS FROM 216

NAME ______________
ALIVE (GO TO 703)
DEAD (GO TO 703)
Categories
Value Category
0 0
1 1
2 2
3 3
4 4
5 5
6 6
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
MATERNITYIDX (V417) reports the number of entries in the pregnancy and postnatal care history for a female respondent. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, MATERNITYIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, MATERNITYIDX is capped at six.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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