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Population_Dynamics_and_Urbanization_in_Africa

UPHD - Maternal and child health project

KENYA, 2007 - 2010
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)
African Population & Health Research Center
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Perceived size of the child when he/she was born (v0211)

Data file: recruitment (first visit)

Overview

vald 5394
invd 0
Interval discrete
Decimal 0
Range 1 - 99

Questions and instructions

Literal question
2.11 When (NAME) was born, was he/she very small, smaller than usual, about usual size, larger than usual, very large or you don't know?
Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Very small 108
2%
2 Smaller than usual 641
11.9%
3 About usual size 3795
70.4%
4 Larger than usual 788
14.6%
5 Very large 28
0.5%
9 1
0%
95 Missing 2
0%
98 Don't Know/Remember 15
0.3%
99 Not applicable 16
0.3%
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.

Description

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Captures the perceived size of the baby when he/she was born.