Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., 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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Total births in last 3 years prior to interview (C_BIRTHSTOT3YR)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 358

End: 358

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

225) FOR EACH BIRTH IN 2012-2018, ENTER 'B' IN THE MONTH OF BIRTH IN THE CALENDAR. WRITE THE NAME OF THE CHILD TO THE LEFT OF THE 'B' CODE. FOR EACH BIRTH, ASK THE NUMBER OF COMPLETED MONTHS THE PREGNANCY LASTED AND RECORD 'P' IN EACH OF THE PRECEDING MONTHS ACCORDING TO THE DURATION OF PREGNANCY. (NOTE: THE NUMBER OF 'P'S MUST BE ONE LESS THAN THE NUMBER OF MONTHS THAT THE PREGNANCY LASTED.)

CHECK 220AC FOR EACH PREGNANCY THAT DID NOT END IN A LIVE BIRTH. CHECK 220AD. IF YES (CODE '1' CIRCLED), ENTER 'A' FOR ABORTION OR 'C' (IF CODE '2' CIRCLED) FOR MISCARRIAGE OR 'S' FOR STILLBIRTH, IN CALENDAR IN THE MONTH THAT THE PREGNANCY TERMINATED AND 'P' FOR THE REMAINING NUMBER OF COMPLETED MONTHS OF PREGNANCY.

IF THERE ARE MORE THAN FOUR PREGNANCIES THAT DID NOT END IN A LIVE BIRTH, USE AN ADDITIONAL QUESTIONAIRRE STARTING ON THE SECOND LINE.

Value	Category
0	0
1	1
2	2
3	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BIRTHSTOT3YR (V238) indicates the total number of births the woman had in the 3 years (0 to 35 months) prior to the interview (where 0 is the month of interview). Responses are based on the woman's birth history table, which records the month and year of her children's births.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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