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)

Collection(s)

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

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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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