BIRTHREG_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
BIRTHREG_ALL (M59_x) indicates whether the child's birth was registered with the state.
The related variable BIRTHCERT_ALL indicates whether the child has a birth certificate.
BIRTHREG_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (BIRTHREG_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., BIRTHREG_02, BIRTHREG_03, BIRTHREG_04, BIRTHREG_05, and BIRTHREG_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If BIRTHREG_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
For most surveys, information for this variable was collected on all births, up to a maximum of six, in the reference period; exceptions in which data were collected on only the most recent birth(s) are noted in the comparability section. In many cases, data were hypothetically collected on up to six births, but no women in the survey had so many births (e.g., no woman had 4 or more births in 3 years, or had 5 or 6 births in 5 years). If, for example, no woman in a survey had 6 births in five years and only blank values were included in the original DHS file, then BIRTHREG_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS. Surveys in which the data were collected for only the most recent births are noted in the comparability section.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, BIRTHREG_ALL (M59_x) is largely comparable across samples. For most samples, this information was collected for all births in the reference period. Exceptions, with information collected on the most recent birth only, are noted below.
Comparability - Standard DHS
BIRTHREG_ALL (M59_x) is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is included as a standard variable in the Phase IV recode.
Comparability — Lesotho [top]
The 2004 Lesotho survey collected this information on the most recent birth only.
Universe
- Benin 2001: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child is still alive and whose birth certificate was not seen.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child is still alive and whose birth certificate was not seen.
- Burkina Faso 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child's birth certificate was not seen.
- Cameroon 2004: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Ghana 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Lesotho 2004: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Madagascar 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child's birth certificate was not seen.
- Mozambique 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Namibia 2000: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child is still alive and whose birth certificate was not seen.
- Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was weighed at birth.
- Senegal 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was weighed at birth.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was weighed at birth and does not have a birth certificate.
- Tanzania 1999: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, and whose last-born child is still alive.
- Uganda 2001: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was weighed at birth.
- Zimbabwe 1999: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
