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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Who cares for youngest child while woman works (C_WKKIDCARE)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 404

End: 405

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

725. Who usually takes care of (NAME OF YOUNGEST CHILD IN HOUSEHOLD) while you are working?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
OLDER FEMALE CHILD 3
OLDER MALE CHILD 4
OTHER RELATIVES 5
COUSINS 6
FRIENDS 7
NANNY/HIRED PERSON 8
CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL 9
DAYCARE/KINDERGARTEN 10
HASN'T WORKED SINCE LAST BIRTH 95
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ 96

Categories

Value	Category
00	Respondent
01	Husband /partner
02	Other child
03	Other relatives
04	Neighbors
05	Friends
06	Servants /hired help
07	Child is in school
08	Institutional care
09	Child's grandparents
10	Other female child
11	Other male child
95	Not worked since birth
96	Other
97	Don't know
98	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 women who are currently working and who have a young child living at home, WKKIDCARE (V723) reports who usually cares for the youngest child while the woman is working.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Work Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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