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BNOTREGWHY_01
(BNOTREGWHY_01)
Main reason child's birth was not registered (last birth)
Codes and Frequencies
An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample
| Code | Label |
benin
01
|
benin
06
|
condr
07
|
condr
13
|
guinea
05
|
mali
06
|
namib
00
|
niger
06
|
tanz
99
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | Not informed | · | · | X | · | X | X | · | X | · |
| 11 | Did not know it was necessary | X | X | · | · | · | · | X | · | X |
| 12 | Did not know where to register | X | X | · | X | · | · | X | · | X |
| 20 | Not necessary | · | · | X | · | X | X | · | X | · |
| 30 | Cost | · | · | X | · | X | X | · | X | · |
| 31 | Cost too high | X | X | · | X | · | · | X | · | X |
| 32 | Late (and did not want to pay fine) | X | X | · | · | · | · | X | · | X |
| 33 | Did not want to pay | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · |
| 34 | Illegal charges from agents | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · |
| 40 | Delay | · | · | X | · | X | X | · | X | · |
| 50 | Distance/too far | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 60 | Duty of the father | · | X | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 70 | Unable to register child | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 71 | Child deceased | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | · | · |
| 72 | Child too young | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | · |
| 73 | Parents' ID not available | · | · | · | · | · | · | X | · | · |
| 95 | Birth certificate not given to parents | · | · | · | X | · | · | · | · | · |
| 96 | Other | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 97 | Don't know | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | · |
| 98 | Missing | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
| 99 | NIU (not in universe) | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X | X |
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Description
See BNOTREGWHY_ALL.
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2007: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 who were not selected for hemoglobin measurement, who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, and whose youngest surviving child under age 5 lives with them and was not registered at birth.
- Guinea 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Mali 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Namibia 2000: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child is still alive and was not registered at birth.
- Niger 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was not registered at birth.
- Tanzania 1999: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child is still alive and does not have a birth certificate.
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