BNOTIFOTH_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
BNOTIFOTH_ALL indicates whether the respondent received a birth notification from some other place. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.
BNOTIFOTH_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (BNOTIFOTH_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., BNOTIFOTH_02, BNOTIFOTH_03, BNOTIFOTH_04, BNOTIFOTH_05, and BNOTIFOTH_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If BNOTIFOTH_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
Information for this variable was collected on all births, up to a maximum of six, in the reference period. 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 BNOTIFOTH_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, BNOTIFOTH_ALL is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
BNOTIFOTH_ALL is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — Kenya [top]
The 2003 Kenya survey first asks whether the health facility of the child's birth gave the respondent a birth notification form for the baby (BNOTIFHF_ALL). It then asks, "After (NAME) was born, did you go to the assistant chief or to a village elder or to a registrar's office to get a birth notification form?" (BNOTIFOTH_ALL).
Universe
- Kenya 2003: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child did not receive a birth notification from the health facility of their birth.
- Tanzania 2004: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was delivered in a health facility and did not receive a birth notification from that health facility.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was delivered in a health facility and did not receive a birth notification from that health facility.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, whose last-born child was delivered in a health facility and did not receive a birth notification from that health facility.
