Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset
Guinea, 2005
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Reference ID
GIN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 14, 2020
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Main reason child's birth was not registered (C_BNOTREGWHY)
Data file: GIN2005-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1300
End:
1301
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
425B. Why wasn't (NAME)'s birth declared to the state?
COST 1
DISTANCE 2
DELAY 3
WASN'T INFORMED 4
WASN'T NECESSARY 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
DOESN'T KNOW 8
COST 1
DISTANCE 2
DELAY 3
WASN'T INFORMED 4
WASN'T NECESSARY 5
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Not informed |
| 11 | Did not know it was necessary |
| 12 | Did not know where to register |
| 20 | Not necessary |
| 30 | Cost |
| 31 | Cost too high |
| 32 | Late (and did not want to pay fine) |
| 33 | Did not want to pay |
| 34 | Illegal charges from agents |
| 40 | Delay |
| 50 | Distance/too far |
| 60 | Duty of the father |
| 70 | Unable to register child |
| 71 | Child deceased |
| 72 | Child too young |
| 73 | Parents' ID not available |
| 95 | Birth certificate not given to parents |
| 96 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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
BNOTREGWHY reports the main reason why the child's birth was not registered.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child birth records Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |