Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2000

Albania, 2000

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Reference ID

ALB_2000_MICS_v01_M

Producer(s)

National Institute of Statistics

Collection(s)

UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS)

Metadata

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Mar 09, 2011

Last modified

Sep 26, 2013

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Size of child at birth (mn4)

Data file: Women Albania

Overview

Valid: 254

Valid (weighted): 259.886

Invalid: 5202

Invalid (weighted): 5196.114

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 5

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Weighted variable: V554

Questions and instructions

Literal question

When your last child [name] was born, was he/she very large, larger than average, average, smaller than average, or very small?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases	Weighted
1	very large	8	7	2.6%
2	larger than average	54	44	16.8%
3	average	176	194	74.8%
4	smaller than average	13	12	4.7%
5	very small	3	3	1.1%
7	missing	0	0	0%
9	dk	0	0	0%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Low birthweight babies are at higher risk of serious illness or death than other babies. Mothers are asked to give the baby's birthweight, and since some babies are not weighed at birth, their subjective assessment of the baby's size at birth. When the information from women who answer these questions is analysed, we can obtain an indication of what women mean by the subjective categories. This information can provide an estimate of the average birthweight.

Read the entire question exactly as written before accepting an answer. This is the woman's own opinion about the size of her baby. Even if she knows the child's birthweight, tell her that you want to know her own idea of whether the baby was "very large", "larger than average", "average", "smaller than average", or "very small". If the respondent is unable to tell you, do not try to guess the answer based on the birthweight information or the appearance of the baby; circle 9 for "doesn't know".

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