Demographic Health Survey 2010

Rwanda, 2010 - 2011

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RWA-NISR-DHS-2010-v01

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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda NISR

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Demography and Health Statistics

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Weight at birth/recall (M19A)

Data file: Child

Overview

Valid: 526

Invalid: 32113

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 111

End: 111

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	208	39.5%
1	From written card	31	5.9%
2	From mother's recall	269	51.1%
8	Don't know	2	0.4%
9	Special answers	16	3%
Sysmiss		32113

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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