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Population and Family Health Survey 2002 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2002
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Reference ID
JOR_2002_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics [Jordan] and ORS Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Length of following birth interval, in months (B_BIRTHINTPOSTMO)

Data file: JOR2002-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 984
End: 986
Width: 3
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
224. CHECK 215 AND ENTER THE NUMBER OF BIRTHS IN 1997 OR LATER. IF NONE, RECORD '0'.

225. FOR EACH BIRTH SINCE JANUARY 1997, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN COLUMN 1 OF THE CALENDAR, FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF THE PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P's MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.) WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE.
Categories
Value Category
999 NIU (not in universe)
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 preceding the survey who are not the last-born, or twin of the last-born, child, BIRTHINTPOSTMO (B12) indicates the succeeding birth interval, or the length of time in months the child was born before the mother's next birth (or before the child's first younger sibling).

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child demography core Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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