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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Flag for reported time since last menstrual period (W_MENSTIMFLAG)

Data file: PAK2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 323
End: 324
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
234) When did your last menstrual period start?
IF LESS THAN A WEEK, RECORD DAYS. IF ONE WEEK AND LESS THAN ONE MONTH, RECORD WEEKS. IF ONE MONTH AND LESS THAN A YEAR, RECORD MONTHS. IF YEAR OR MORE RECORD YEARS.

____(DATE IF GIVEN)

DAYS AGO 1 __
WEEKS AGO 2 __
MONTHS AGO 3 __
YEARS AGO 4 __
IN MENOPAUSE/HAS HAD HYSTERECTOMY 994
BEFORE LAST BIRTH 995
NEVER MENSTRUATED 996
Categories
Value Category
00 No flag
01 Number GT interval since birth
02 Number plus amenorrhea GT interval
03 Number reported, but period not returned
04 Reported before last birth, but no birth
05 Reported before last birth, but period since
06 Reported never menstruated, but period returned
07 Reported time during pregnancy
08 Reported never menstruated but had kids
09 Reported period before last birth
99 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
MENSTIMFLAG (V227) is a flag variable that indicates the type of problem, if any, found in editing responses on the time since the respondent's last menstrual period. Cases without a problem are coded 0.

For time since last menstrual period, see TIMEMENSTRUATE (V215).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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