Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997

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

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Number of children in maternity history (C_MATERNITYIDX)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 778

End: 778

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

402. ENTER THE LINE NUMBER, NAME, AND SURVIVAL STATUS FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1994 IN THE REPRODUCTION TABLE. ASK THE QUESTIONS FOR ALL BIRTHS BEGINNING WITH THE LAST BIRTH. (IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 2 BIRTHS, USE LAST COLUMN OF ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRES.)

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6

Description

Definition

MATERNITYIDX (V417) reports the number of entries in the pregnancy and postnatal care history for a female respondent. This number is typically equal to the number of births in the three (BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238)) or five (BIRTHSIN5YRS (V208) years before the survey. While there is, theoretically, no limit to the number of births recorded in BIRTHSTOT3YR and BIRTHSIN5YRS, MATERNITYIDX is actually limited to the number of columns that can be completed on the survey form. In most cases, MATERNITYIDX is capped at six.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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