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

cleaned child's month of birth (wom_q215month)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN BIRTH HISTORY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 6215

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

In what month and year was (NAME) born?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	jan	465	7.5%
2	feb	470	7.6%
3	mar	467	7.5%
4	apr	560	9%
5	may	501	8.1%
6	jun	581	9.3%
7	jul	786	12.6%
8	aug	556	8.9%
9	sep	479	7.7%
10	oct	453	7.3%
11	nov	392	6.3%
12	dec	468	7.5%
98	don't know	37	0.6%
99	not applicable	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	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.

Question pretext

Question post text

PROBE: What is her/her birthday?

Interviewer instructions

When collecting information on a child's birth date, always look at any documents you collected for the child at the beginning of the interview (e.g., birth certificate or immunization record) to see whether a date of birth was recorded. Before entering a date from these documents, however, check with the respondent to determine whether she believes the date is accurate. In some cases, the information on the document may be the date when the birth was recorded and not the date when the child was born. If the respondent gives you a year of birth but does not know the month of birth, probe to try to estimate the month.

Example: if a respondent says her daughter was born in 1987, but she does not know which month, ask her whether she gave birth in the dry or wet season, whether she remembers if she was pregnant at Christmas or Easter time, or during some other significant event/season of the year to try to determine the month of birth. Convert months to numbers, as before. If you cannot even estimate a month, write '98' for MONTH. If the respondent cannot recall the year when the birth occurred, you need to probe carefully. See if the respondent knows a firm birth date for any other child in the household and relate it to that.

Example: if she knows the second child was born in 1985 and the first child was just a year old at that time, enter '1984'. You must enter a year for all children, even if it is just your best estimate. An unknown year of birth is unacceptable.

Description

Text

Child's month of birth

Universe

All children (of all women aged 12-49 years)