Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset
Madagascar, 1997
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Reference ID
MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Created on
Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
May 14, 2020
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- Data files
- MDG1997-B.dat
- MDG1997-C.dat
- MDG1997-H.dat
- MDG1997-W.dat
Day of measurement (C_HWDAYMEAS)
Data file: MDG1997-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
972
End:
973
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
INTERVIEWER VISITS
INTERVIEW ONE (REPEAT FOR SECOND AND THIRD INTERVIEWS)
DATE ____
INTERVIEWER'S NAME ____
INTERVIEW ONE (REPEAT FOR SECOND AND THIRD INTERVIEWS)
DATE ____
INTERVIEWER'S NAME ____
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 01 | 1 |
| 02 | 2 |
| 03 | 3 |
| 04 | 4 |
| 05 | 5 |
| 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 |
| 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
For surviving children born in the three to five years before the survey, HWDAYMEAS (HW17) indicates the day of the month on which the child's height and weight were measured by DHS personnel. The child's age in days on the day of measurement is used in DHS calculations of anthropometric Z-scores.
The complementary variables HWMONTHMEAS and HWYEARMEAS report the month and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement.
The complementary variables HWMONTHMEAS and HWYEARMEAS report the month and the year, respectively, of the child's height and weight measurement.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child anthropometry Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |