Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011

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Reference ID

NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Century month date of last pregnancy termination (Nepali calendar) (B_PREGTERMCMC_NP)

Data file: NPL2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 390

End: 393

Width: 4

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

226) IF BORN OR LOST BEFORE BIRTH:
In what month and year did this pregnancy end?

MONTH _________
YEAR ________

Value	Category
9996	Inconsistent
9997	Don't know
9998	Missing
9999	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

PREGTERMCMC_NP (V231_NP) reports the century month code of the respondent's last pregnancy termination, according to the Nepali calendar (or Vikram Samvat). The Nepalese year uses 12 lunar months of 29-32 days. According to the Gregorian calendar, the Nepalese year begins in mid-April and ends the following April. In general, the Nepalese calendar is 57 years ahead of the Gregorian calendar.

According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "The CMC date of termination is calculated from the preceding questions [on month and year of last pregnancy termination], or from the calendar, if possible, in cases where an exact date was not given for the date of last pregnancy termination."

For detailed discussion of the calculation and interpretation of century month codes in general, see DOBCMC (Respondent's date of birth, in century months).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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