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Demographic and Health Survey 2010, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Malawi, 2010
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Reference ID
MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
Last modified
Aug 23, 2018
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Whether survey columns are used for last births only (W_LASTBIRTHONLY)

Data file: MWI2010-W

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 0 - 2
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 See specific questions
1 Last birth only
2 All births in last 5 years
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
LASTBIRTHONLY (V468) indicates whether the column(s) on the women's questionnaire relating to pregnancy and postnatal care relate only to last-born children. In the standard questionnaire, some questions are asked about the last-born child only, while in some countries, these questions are asked about all children born in the last three or five years. LASTBIRTHONLY indicates whether the questionnaire followed the standard or was changed to include more children.

concept

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