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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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Succeeding birth interval (months) (b12)

Data file: REC21

Overview

Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 48
End: 50
Width: 3
Range: 8 - 266
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
All births except the last birth and its twins.

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Notes
Succeeding birth interval is calculated as the difference in months between the current birth and the following birth, counting twins as one birth. In the DHS VII recode, B11 is also based on the CDC of date of birth of the children (B18). In previous recodes B11 was based on the CMC date of birth of the children (B3).
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