Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2005

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Reference ID

ETH_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Authority [Ethiopia] and ORC Macro., 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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May 14, 2020

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Month of birth (Ethiopian calendar) (members under age 5) (H_BIRTHMONTHLT5_ET)

Data file: ETH2005-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 486

End: 487

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

53) What is (NAME'S) date of birth?
[FOR CHILDREN UNDER AGE 6 ONLY]
FOR CHILDREN NOT INCLUDED IN ANY BIRTH HISTORY, ASK DAY, MONTH AND YEAR. FOR ALL OTHER CHILDREN, COPY MONTH AND YEAR FROM 215 IN MOTHER'S BIRTH HISTORY AND ASK DAY.

DAY____
MONTH____
YEAR____

Value	Category
01	Meskerem
02	Tikimt
03	Hidar
04	Tahsas
05	Tir
06	Yakatit
07	Magabit
08	Miyazya
09	Ginbot
10	Sene
11	Hamle
12	Nehasa
13	Pagumiene
96	Inconsistent
97	Don't know
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIRTHMONTHLT5_ET reports the calendar month of birth, according to the Ethiopian calendar, of household members under age 5 who were potential subjects for height and weight measurement. This variable is only available for the Ethiopian samples.

The complementary variable BIRTHYEARLT5_ET reports the household member's calendar year of birth, according to the Ethiopian calendar. BIRTHCMCLT5_ET reports the century month code for the household member's date of birth, according to the Ethiopian calendar.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child biometrics, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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