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)

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Any other live births in interval between birth and previous reported birth (C_OTHBIRTHININT)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 915

End: 915

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

221. Were there any other live births between (NAME OF PREVIOUS BIRTH) and (NAME)?
[ONLY FOR BIRTHS 2 AND AFTER]

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
8	Don't know
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

OTHBIRTHININT (B15) indicates whether there were any other live births in the interval between this birth and the previously reported birth. The survey form included the question, "Were there any other live births between (NAME OF PREVIOUS BIRTH) and (NAME), including any children who died?"

For DHS Phase III only, OTHBIRTHININT (B15) is limited to "Births for which the interval between the birth and the previously reported birth was four or more years (B14 =1)," according to the Recode Manuals. For later Phases, the universe is all second- and higher-order births.

The DHS Recode Manuals include the following explanatory note about this variable:

Variables B14 and B15 are questions used in the interview to try and ascertain if the respondent had omitted any live births while reporting her birth history. The birth history may have been modified during the interviewing process, and the responses may not now correspond to the interval between the birth and the preceding birth recorded in this section. The data have been included to help indicate cases where the respondent may have omitted live births while originally reporting the birth history. The omitted births should be included in this final version of the birth history.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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