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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1625
End: 1625
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
444. How much did (NAME) weigh?
RECORD WEIGHT IN KILOGRAMS FROM HEALTH CARD, IF AVAILABLE.

KG FROM CARD 1 __.__ __ __
KG FROM RECALL 2__.__ __ __
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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