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

child's age at death-unit (wom_q220_unit)

Data file: NCSS 2012 WOMEN BIRTH HISTORY ANALYTICAL FILE

Overview

vald 6210

invd 5

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

How old was (NAME) when he/she died?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	days	79	1.3%
2	months	115	1.9%
3	years	66	1.1%
9	not applicable	5892	94.9%
9999995	missing:impute	58	0.9%
Sysmiss		5

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

IF DEAD

Question post text

IF '1 YR', PROBE: How many months old was (NAME)? RECORD DAYS IF LESS THAN 1 MONTH; MONTHS IF LESS THAN TWO YEARS; OR YEARS

Interviewer instructions

If you are following the skip pattern correctly, you will be asking this question only for children who have died. For all children who have died, you must record an age at death in Q. 220, even if it is only a best estimate. Age at death information is recorded in days, months, or years, depending on the child's age at the time of death.

· If the child was less than one month old at death, select 'DAYS' and write the answer reported by the respondent.

· If the child was at least one month old but less than two years old when he or she

died, select 'MONTHS' and write the answer. .

If the child was two years old or older when he or she died, select 'YEARS' and write the answer.

If the instruction in Q. 220 is followed correctly, you should never record '00'months or '00' or '01' years.

Some points to remember in completing Q. 220:

· Use completed units. You should give the answer in completed units, e.g., if she says

“four and a half months,” record MONTHS '04'.

· Convert answers given in weeks to days or months.

- If the answer is less than four weeks, probe to find out the exact age at death in days. For example, if the answer is “three weeks,” probe for the number of days. If the mother says 19 days, record DAYS '19'.

- If the answer is four weeks or more, convert the answer to months. An answer of “seven weeks” would be recorded as MONTHS '01'.

· Probe when the answer is “one year”. We know that often mothers will round off their answer if a child died close to the first birthday, i.e., the mother is likely to respond “one year old” even if the child really was younger (e.g., 10 months or 11 months) or older (e.g., 13 or 14 months) at the time of death. Therefore, anytime a woman responds “one year” or '12 months' to this question, probe by asking, “How many months old was NAME)?” or by asking the respondent whether the child had reached his first birthday before he died.

In responding to this question, a respondent may tell you that the baby was not alive when it was born. If she does, probe by saying, “Did the baby cry or show any sign of life when it was born?” If she says the baby was dead when it was born, delete all entries for this child in the birth history table. Make sure to renumber the birth order numbers in Q. 212 when this occurs. Also correct the information recorded in Qs. 202-210 where necessary.

Description

Text

Child's age at death-unit

Universe

All children (of all women aged 12-49 years) who are still alive according to wom_q216