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Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009
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Reference ID
WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1
Producer(s)
Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health
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Record for Last Birth (V468)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 576
End: 576
Width: 1
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 See specific questions
1 Last birth only
2 All births in last 5 years
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

Definition
Whether the columns are used for last birth only variables. Column used for variables related only to last births. In the standard, some questions are asked about the last child but in some countries these questions are asked about all children born in the last three/five years. This variable gives an indication on whether the questionnaire followed the standard or was changed to include more children.
Universe
Mothers of children under 36 months living with the respondent
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