Demographic Health Survey 2005

Rwanda, 2005

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2005-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Weight at birth recall (M19A)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 629

Invalid: 29443

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 106

End: 106

Width: 1

Range: 0 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Was (NAME) weighed at birth? (IF YES) How much did (NAME) weigh?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	Not weighed	445	70.7%
1	From card	33	5.2%
2	From recall	145	23.1%
9	Special answers	6	1%
Sysmiss		29443

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.

Question post text

Record weight in kilograms from health card, if available.

Description

Universe

All children

Source of information

Respondent

Others

Notes

Children who were not weighed at birth are coded to 0.

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