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Demographic and Health Survey 1995-1996 - IPUMS Subset

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MLI_1995_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante', de la Solidarite' et de Personnes Agees (CPS/MSSPA) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Computed time since last menstrual period (B_TIMEMENSCALC)

Data file: MLI1995-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 346
End: 348
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
236. When did your last menstrual period start?

RECORD DATE IF GIVEN____

DAYS AGO 1__
WEEKS AGO 2___
MONTHS AGO 3___
YEARS AGO 4 __

IN MENOPAUSE/HAS HAD HYSTERECTOMY 994
BEFORE THE LAST BIRTH 995
NEVER MENSTRUATED 996
Categories
Value Category
000 No time difference
991 In menopause/had hysterectomy
992 Pregnant, not asked
993 In menopause
994 Before last birth
995 Never menstruated
996 Inconsistent
997 Don't know
998 Missing
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
TIMEMENSCALC (V226) reports the computed time since the respondent's last menstrual period.

According to the DHS Recode Manuals, this variable

is computed from the response for V215, with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth (V227 = 7,9) recoded to the response "Before last birth" (code 995) and inconsistent responses flagged on variable 227 (codes 1-6) recoded to 997.


Restated in terms of IPUMS-DHS variables and variable labels, TIMEMENSCALC is computed from the response for TIMEMENSTRUATE (Time since woman's last menstrual period). Cases with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth, when MENSTIMFLAG (Flag for reported time since last menstrual period) has values for "Reported time during pregnancy" or "Reported period before last birth," are recoded as "Before last birth" in TIMEMENSCALC. Cases with inconsistent or implausible responses according to MENSTIMFLAG (for example, the woman reportedly never menstruated but she has given birth) are recoded to "Inconsistent" for TIMEMENSCALC.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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