Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 1988
Get Microdata
Reference ID
GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Metadata
Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
Page views
40491
- Data files
- GHA1988-B.dat
- GHA1988-C.dat
- GHA1988-W.dat
Age of respondent at time of first birth (C_AGEAT1STBIRTH)
Data file: GHA1988-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
287
End:
288
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
214. In what month and year was (NAME) born?
PROBE: What is his/her birthday? OR: In what season?
MONTH ___
YEAR ___
PROBE: What is his/her birthday? OR: In what season?
MONTH ___
YEAR ___
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 06 | 6 |
| 07 | 7 |
| 08 | 8 |
| 09 | 9 |
| 10 | 10 |
| 11 | 11 |
| 12 | 12 |
| 13 | 13 |
| 14 | 14 |
| 15 | 15 |
| 16 | 16 |
| 17 | 17 |
| 18 | 18 |
| 19 | 19 |
| 20 | 20 |
| 21 | 21 |
| 22 | 22 |
| 23 | 23 |
| 24 | 24 |
| 25 | 25 |
| 26 | 26 |
| 27 | 27 |
| 28 | 28 |
| 29 | 29 |
| 30 | 30 |
| 31 | 31 |
| 32 | 32 |
| 33 | 33 |
| 34 | 34 |
| 35 | 35 |
| 36 | 36 |
| 37 | 37 |
| 38 | 38 |
| 39 | 39 |
| 40 | 40 |
| 41 | 41 |
| 42 | 42 |
| 43 | 43 |
| 44 | 44 |
| 45 | 45 |
| 46 | 46 |
| 47 | 47 |
| 48 | 48 |
| 49 | 49 |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) |
| 02 | 2 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
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
AGEAT1STBIRTH (V212) reports the age of the woman at the time of her first birth. This variable is calculated by using the century month code (CMC) of the date of the woman's first birth (DOB1STKIDCMC) and the CMC of the woman's date of birth (DOBCMC).
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |