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Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017

Maldives, 2016 - 2017
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MDV_2016_DHS_v01_M
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Ministry of Health (MOH)
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MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Child is twin (b0)

Data file: REC21

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 22
End: 22
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 5
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 Single birth
1 1st of multiple
2 2nd of multiple
3 3rd of multiple
4 4th of multiple
5 5th of multiple
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.

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Notes
Twin code gives an order number for each child of a multiple birth. Code 0 indicates a single birth, code 1-upwards give the number of the child. Twins are ordered in the birth history with the higher twin codes appearing before the lower twin codes.
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