Demographic and Health Survey 2018

Nigeria, 2018

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NGA_2018_DHS_v01_M

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National Population Commission (NPC)

Collection(s)

MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Flag for age at death (b13)

Data file: REC21

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 53

End: 53

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 8

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext

Dead children (B5 = 0).

Categories

Value	Category
0	No flag
1	> interview
2	< breastfeeding
3	< age supplemented
4	< first breastfed
5	< last vaccination
6	Outside range
7	Imputed, units given
8	Imputed, no units

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

Flag for age at death is coded as follows:
0 - No flag
1 - Age at death plus the date of birth would place the death after the interview
2 - Age at death is less than the reported duration of breastfeeding
3 - Age at death is less than the age the child was first given supplemental foods
4 - Age at death is less than age the child was first breastfed
5 - Age at death plus the date of birth would place the death before the last vaccination
6 - Reported age at death is outside the range expected for the units given
7 - Age at death was imputed, however the units were given
8 - Age at death was imputed, no units were given

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