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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1988
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Reference ID
ZWE_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc. (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Length of following birth interval, in months (B_BIRTHINTPOSTMO)

Data file: ZWE1988-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 659
End: 661
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
214) In what month and year was (NAME) born?
PROBE: In what season is his/her birthday?

MONTH _______

YEAR _____
Categories
Value Category
999 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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey who are not the last-born, or twin of the last-born, child, BIRTHINTPOSTMO (B12) indicates the succeeding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born before the mother's next birth (or before the child's first younger sibling).

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