Nairobi Cross-sectional Slums Survey (NCSS), 2012, 2nd Survey

KENYA, 2012
Population Dynamics and Urbanization in Africa (PDAU)

African Population & Health Research Center

CSV JSON

member (0-5 years old) birth registered with civil authority (hhd_q8)

Data file: NCSS 2012 HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 16843

invd 42

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Has (NAME) ever been registered with the civil authority?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	not registered	600	3.6%
2	yes-without birth cert	664	3.9%
3	yes-through birth notification only	470	2.8%
4	yes-with birth cert w/in 6 mths	389	2.3%
5	yes-with birth cert later	114	0.7%
8	don't know	31	0.2%
9	not applicable	13864	82.3%
9999995	missing:impute	711	4.2%
Sysmiss		42

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 pretext

Question post text

Interviewer instructions

In these questions we are seeking information about whether people have a birth certificate. This is because prompt registration at birth is seen as an essential means of protecting a child's right to identity, as well as respect for other child rights. The lack of a birth certificate may prevent a child from receiving health care, nutritional supplements and social assistance, and from being enrolled in school.

We begin by asking if the person was registered with the civil authorities. In Column (8), enter '1' if the person has not been registered;'2' if the person was registered but for whatever reason did not get a birth certificate (this however excludes loss of birth certificates); 3 if the person was registered within six months after he/she was born and has a certificate; 4 if the person was registered later (beyond the first six months after birth) and has a certificate enter '8' if the respondent does not know. Respondents who indicate that the person has not been registered, you should ask the question in column 9 to get the main reason why registration was not done.

Description

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Member's birth registered with civil authority

Universe

All household members aged 0-5 years according to hhd_q7