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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
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Reference ID
AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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May 01, 2020
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Source of weight at birth (health card or recall) (C_BIRTHWTREF)

Data file: AFG2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1272
End: 1272
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
431. Was (NAME) weighed at birth?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 433)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 433)
Categories
Value Category
0 Not weighed
1 From written card
2 From mother's recall
3 Other answers
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
For children born in the three to five years before the survey, BIRTHWTREF (M19A) indicates whether the child's reported weight at birth (BIRTHWT) was recorded from a health card or based on the mother's recall. Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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