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{
"RECH0": {
"HHID": "Case identification uniquely identifies each household. In most surveys, this is constructed by concatenating the cluster or sample point number and the household number, but in some surveys this may be the questionnaire number taken from the front page of the questionnaire.",
"HV000": "Alphabetic country code to identify the survey from which the data were collected. The code is based on an international standard code. This variable is 3 characters in length, with the third character indicating the format of the recode file used for this survey. For all surveys in DHS VII following this standard, this code will be 7. For example: DR7 is the Dominican Republic, HT7 is Haiti and KH7 is Cambodia.",
"HV001": "Cluster number is the number identifying the sample point as used during the fieldwork. This variable may be a composite of several variables in the questionnaire. If so, the non- standard variables are included in RECH3 as country-specific variables.",
"HV002": "Household number is the number identifying the household within the cluster or sample point. In some cases, this variable may be the combination of dwelling number and household number within dwelling. In these cases, the dwelling number is included as country-specific variable.",
"HV003": "Respondent's line number is the line number in the household schedule of the person responding to the questions asked in the household questionnaire. If nobody in the household was available for interview, this variable is coded 00.",
"HV004": "Ultimate area unit is a number assigned to each sample point to identify the ultimate area units used in the collection of data. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number, but may be a sequentially numbered variable for samples with a more complicated structure.",
"HV005": "Sample weight is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample weight divide it by 1000000 before applying the weighting factor. All sample weights are normalized such that the weighted number of cases is identical to the unweighted number of households when using the full dataset with no selection. This variable should be used to weight all tabulations produced using the data file. For self-weighting samples this variable is equal to 1000000.",
"HV006": "Month of the household interview",
"HV007": "Year of the household interview",
"HV008": "Century month code of date of interview, calculated from HV007 and HV006 (see note on century month codes)",
"HV008A": "Century day code of date of interview, calculated from HV007, HV006 and HV016 (see note on century day codes)",
"HV009": "Total number of household members indicates the number of entries to be found in RECH1.",
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n18",
"HV010": "Total number of eligible women indicates the number of women found eligible for the individual survey in the household schedule. The eligibility criteria are generally: de-facto female, aged between 15 and 49. In some countries, the eligibility criteria restrict the survey to ever-married women or to de-jure women.",
"HV011": "Total number of eligible men indicates the number of men found eligible for the men's or husband's survey in the household. The selection criteria are country-specific and will be documented in the Household Recode Documentation for each country.",
"HV012": "Total number of de jure household members gives the number of household members that usually live in the household.",
"HV013": "Total number of de facto household members gives the number of household members that slept in the household the previous night, including visitors.",
"HV014": "Number of children resident in the household and aged 5 and under. Visiting children are not included.",
"HV015": "Result of household interview. Code 1 represents a completed interview. For all other cases, only RECH0 will exist in the data file. For flat format data files, cases with a result code different than 1 are dropped from the file.",
"HV016": "Day of the household interview",
"HV017": "Number of visits for the household interview",
"HV018": "Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV019": "Data entry keyer code. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV020": "The ever-married sample indicator is a constant for all cases in the data file. For all woman samples it is code 0, and for ever-married samples it is code 1.",
"HV021": "Primary sampling unit is a number assigned to sample points to identify the primary sampling units for use in the calculation of sampling errors. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number and/or the ultimate area unit, but may differ if the sample design required a multistage selection process.",
"HV022": "The sample strata for sampling errors defines the pairings or groupings of primary sampling units used in the calculation of sampling errors when using the Taylor series expansion method (for example, with the package Clusters).",
"HV023": "The stratification used in the sample design defines the basic geographic units within which the sample was designed. For example, if the sample was designed to be self-weighting within region, this variable would define those regions; if the sample was designed to be self- weighting within major urban areas, other urban areas and rural areas, this variable would define the major urban, other urban and rural areas. If the sample is self-weighted at the national level, this variable is code 0.",
"HV024": "Region of residence in which the household resides. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV025": "Type of place of residence where the household resides as either urban or rural.",
"HV026": "Size of place of residence is the type of place in which the household resides. Urban areas are classified into large cities (capital cities and cities with over 1 million population), small cities (population over 50,000), and towns (other urban areas), and all rural areas are assumed \nto be countryside. This question \nis no \nlonger part of \nthe DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV027": "Selection for men's or husband's survey indicates whether the household was selected for the subset of households in which the men's or husband's survey was administered. Code 1 indicates a men’s survey and code 2 a husband's survey, while code 0 indicates the household was not selected.",
"HV028": "Sample weight for men's or husband's survey is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample weight divide it by 1000000 before applying the weighting factor. All sample weights are normalized such that the weighted number of cases is identical to the unweighted number of households selected for the men's or husband's survey when using the full dataset with no other selection. This variable should be used to weight all tabulations produced using the households selected for the men's or husband's survey. For self- weighting samples this variable is equal to 1000000. For households not included in the men's or husband's survey sub-sample, this variable is set to zero.",
"HV030": "Field supervisor's code. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV031": "Field editor's code. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV032": "Office editor's code. Codes are country-specific.",
"HV035": "Number of children under five eligible for height and weight. In DHS VII, the calculation is based on the Century Day Codes for the date of the measurement and date of birth of the child: (HV807A – HC32A) / 30.4375 < 60 in households selected for height and weight measurement. In previous recodes this was calculated as number of children where HV008 – HC32 < 60 in households selected for height and weight measurement",
"HV040": "Cluster altitude in meters. Used to adjust the anemia measurement for altitude.",
"HV041": "Number of women (and men) with for height and weight measured.",
"HV042": "Household selected for hemoglobin measurements.",
"HV044": "Household selected for the domestic violence module.",
"HV045A": "Language of the household questionnaire",
"HV045B": "Language used in the household interview",
"HV045C": "Native language of the household interview respondent",
"HV046": "Translator used during the household interview",
"HV801": "Time of the start of the household interview. The first two digits give the time in hours using the 24-hour clock, and the last two digits give the minutes within that hour.",
"HV802": "Time of the end of the household interview. Coded in the same format as for the start of interview.",
"HV803": "Length of interview in minutes is calculated from the previous two variables, but with interviews that required more than one visit being coded 96.",
"HV804": "Number of visits for the biomarker interview",
"HV807D": "Day of biomarker visit",
"HV807M": "Month of biomarker visit",
"HV807Y": "Year of biomarker visit",
"HV807C": "Century month code of date of biomarker visit, calculated from HV807Y and HV807M (see note on century month codes)",
"HV807A": "Century day code of date of biomarker visit, calculated from HV807Y, HV807M and HV807D (see note on century day codes)"
},
"RECH1": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n21",
"HVIDX": "Line number of the household member.",
"HV101": "Relationship to the head of the household",
"HV102": "Whether the member is a de jure household member, i.e., whether the member is a usual resident of the household.",
"HV103": "Whether the member is a de facto household member, i.e., whether the member slept in the household the previous night.",
"HV104": "Sex of the household member",
"HV105": "Age of the household member",
"HV106": "Highest level of education the household member attended. This is a standardized variable providing level of education in the following categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher. Any member below the lower age limit for the education questions is classified in the \"No education\" category. Note that the lower age limit may be different from 6 years in some countries. Country-specific categorizations of education are recorded in RECH3.",
"HV107": "Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in HV106. BASE: All household members except those answering \"No education\" or with missing data or the response \"Don't know\" for HV106 (HV106 <> 0 & HV106 <> 9 & HV106 <> 8).",
"HV108": "Education in single years. This variable is constructed from the educational level (HV106) and the grade at that level (HV107) as follows: HV106 = > \nHV108 0 \n= > \n20 1 \n= > \nHV107 2 \n= > \nHV107+x 3 \n= > \nHV107+y 9 \n= > \n99 x = years to complete primary education y = years to complete primary and secondary education where both x and y are country-specific.",
"HV109": "Educational attainment recodes the education of the household member into the following categories: None, incomplete primary, complete primary, incomplete secondary, complete secondary, higher education. See related variables HV106, HV107, HV108.",
"HV110": "Whether the household member is still in school. All members aged equal to or older than the upper limit (usually 25 years) for this question or who have not attended school are coded 0 (Not in school). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV111": "Whether the mother of the household member is still alive. BASE: All children in the household aged less than 18.",
"HV112": "Line number in the household of the mother of the member. This variable is code 00 if the mother is not a member of the household. BASE: All children in the household aged less than 18.",
"HV113": "Whether the father of the household member is still alive. BASE: All children in the household aged less than 18.",
"HV114": "Line number in the household of the father of the member. This variable is code 00 if the father is not a member of the household. BASE: All children in the household aged less than 18.",
"HV115": "Marital status of the household member",
"HV116": "Whether the household member is currently, formerly or never married (or lived with a partner). Currently married includes married women and women living with a partner, and formerly married includes widowed, divorced, separated women and women who have lived with a partner but are not now living with a partner. In countries where the only question asked relates to whether the household member is ever married, the responses are coded 2 for ever married and 0 for never married.",
"HV117": "Eligibility of the household member for the individual women's survey. This indicates whether the women is included in the individual recode. In most surveys, both de facto and non de facto women are interviewed, however women are included in the individual recode only if they were eligible for interview and were de facto members of the household. (A few surveys used a de jure sample and this selection does not apply in those countries.)",
"HV118": "Eligibility of the household member for the individual men's survey",
"HV120": "Eligibility of the child for the height/weight and hemoglobin",
"HV121": "Household member attended school during current school year.",
"HV122": "Educational level attended during current school year, with the same standardized levels as explained for HV106.",
"HV123": "Grade of education at the level of education attended during current school year (see HV107).",
"HV124": "Education in single years during current school year (see explanation HV108).",
"HV125": "Household member attended school during previous school year. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV126": "Educational level attended during previous school year. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV127": "Grade of education at the educational level during previous school year. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV128": "Education in single years during- previous school year. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV129": "School attendance status is coded as follows: 0 \nNever attended. Children with no education. 1 \nEntered school. Children who did not attend school the previous year but are currently enrolled. 2 \nAdvanced. Children at a current level that is higher than the previous year 3 \nRepeating. Children who are at the same level than the previous year or at a level less than the previous year. 4 \nDropout. Children who were at school the previous year but not currently attending school. 5 \nLeft school 2+ years ago. Children who are not currently attending school and did not go to school the previous year. 8 \nDon’t know This variable is no longer provided in DHS VII, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV140": "Member has a birth certificate."
},
"RECH2": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n25",
"HV201": "Main source of drinking water for members of the household. Individual codes are country- specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"HV202": "Main source of water for household use other than for drinking. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"HV201A": "Water not available for at least one full day in the past two weeks",
"HV204": "Time taken to get to the water source for drinking water BASE: All respondents except those with drinking water either piped to, or available from a well in, the residence, yard or plot or piped to a neighbor (HV201 <> 11 & HV201 <> 12 & HV201 <> 13 ). Respondents who use bottled water for drinking (HV201 = 71), but use piped water into their or their neighbor(s) residence, yard or plot (HV202 = 11, 12, 13) for other purposes and all respondents who use other sources, but state in HV235 that the source is located in their dwelling, yard or plot are also excluded. The actual selection criteria are country-specific.",
"HV205": "Type of toilet facility in the household. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard. Whether the household has:",
"HV206": "Electricity.",
"HV207": "A radio.",
"HV208": "A television.",
"HV209": "A refrigerator. Whether any member of the household has:",
"HV210": "A bicycle.",
"HV211": "A motorcycle.",
"HV212": "A car.",
"HV213": "Main material of the floor. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"HV214": "Main material of the walls. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"HV215": "Main material of the roof. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"HV216": "Number of rooms used for sleeping in the household.",
"HV217": "Relationship structure in the household describes the household composition in the following categories: one adult, two related adults of the opposite sex, two related adults of the same sex, three or more related adults, and all other combinations. Only usual (de jure) members aged 15 and over are considered in determining the relationship structure.",
"HV218": "Line number of head of household. This should always be 01, however there are some households in certain surveys in which the head of household has not been listed as the first person in the household listing.",
"HV219": "Sex of head of household.",
"HV220": "Age of head of household.",
"HV221": "Whether the household has a telephone.",
"HV225": "Whether the household shares a toilet with other households. BASE: All households that have toilet facility (HV205 <> 31)",
"HV226": "Type of cooking fuel.",
"HV227": "Household has at least one mosquito net.",
"HV228": "No children, all children or some children under 5 slept under a mosquito net last night. BASE: Households with children under age 5 who slept in the household the previous night.",
"HV230A": "Place where household members wash their hands",
"HV230B": "Presence of water at hand washing place BASE (for HV230B – HV232Y): All households where the place where members most often wash their hands was observed (HV230A = 1 or HV230A = 2)",
"HV232": "Items present: Soap or detergent",
"HV232B": "Items present: Ash, mud, sand",
"HV232C": "Items present: Country Specific",
"HV232D": "Items present: Country Specific",
"HV232E": "Items present: Country Specific",
"HV232Y": "Items present: None",
"HV234": "Test salt for Iodine (PPM). This question \nis no \nlonger part of \nthe DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV234A": "Result of salt test for iodine",
"HV235": "Location of source for water BASE: Households whose source of drinking water is not piped into their own or a neighbor’s dwelling/yard/plot (HV201<> 11, 12, 13). Households who use bottled water for drinking \n(HV201 = 71), but use piped water \ninto \ntheir own or \ntheir neighbor’s dwelling/yard/plot (HV202 = 11, 12, 13) are also excluded.",
"HV236": "Person fetching water. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode",
"HV237": "Anything done to water to make safe to drink Usual water treatment (suite): BASE (HV237A-HV237Z): Treated water (HV237 = 1).",
"HV237A": "Boil",
"HV237B": "Add bleach/chlorine",
"HV237C": "Strain through a cloth",
"HV237D": "Use water filter",
"HV237E": "Solar disinfection",
"HV237F": "Let it stand and settle",
"HV237G": "Country specific",
"HV237H": "Country specific",
"HV237I": "Country specific",
"HV237J": "Country specific",
"HV237K": "Country specific",
"HV237X": "Other",
"HV237Z": "Water usually treated by: don't know",
"HV238": "Number of households sharing toilet BASE: All households that share a toilet facility (HV225 = 1).",
"HV238A": "Location of toilet facility",
"HV239": "Food cooked on stove or open fire. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV240": "Household has a chimney, hood or neither. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HV241": "Food cooked in the house, in separate building, or outdoors BASE: All households that used fuel to cook food in the house (HV226 <> 95).",
"HV242": "Household has separate room used as kitchen BASE: All households that cooked food in the household (HV241 = 1) Whether the household has (suite):",
"HV243A": "Has a mobile telephone",
"HV243B": "Has a watch",
"HV243C": "Has an animal-drawn cart",
"HV243D": "Has a boat with a motor",
"HV243E": "Has a computer",
"HV244": "Own land usable for agriculture",
"HV245": "Hectares for agricultural land BASE: All households that have a member who owns any agricultural land (HV244 = 1)",
"HV246": "Number of the following livestock, herds or animals household owns: BASE: For HV246A to HV246K is households that own livestock, hers or farm animals (HV246 = 1)",
"HV246A": "Cattle",
"HV246B": "Cows, bulls",
"HV246C": "Horses, donkeys, mules",
"HV246D": "Goats",
"HV246E": "Sheep",
"HV246F": "Chickens/poultry",
"HV246G": "Country specific",
"HV246H": "Country specific",
"HV246I": "Country specific",
"HV246J": "Country specific",
"HV246K": "Country specific",
"HV247": "Any member of the household has a bank account",
"HV252": "Frequency any household member smokes inside the house",
"HV253": "Dwelling sprayed against mosquitoes in past 12 months Dwelling sprayed against mosquitos by: BASE: For HV253A to HV253Z is all households reporting that their dwelling was sprayed (HV253 = 1).",
"HV253A": "Dwelling sprayed by: government worker/program",
"HV253B": "Dwelling sprayed by: private company",
"HV253C": "Dwelling sprayed by: NGO",
"HV253D": "Dwelling sprayed by: Country Specific",
"HV253E": "Dwelling sprayed by: Country Specific",
"HV253F": "Dwelling sprayed by: Country Specific",
"HV253G": "Dwelling sprayed by: Country Specific",
"HV253H": "Dwelling sprayed by: Country Specific",
"HV253X": "Dwelling sprayed by: other",
"HV253Z": "Dwelling sprayed by: don't know Wealth Index Variables",
"HV270": "The wealth index is a composite measure of a household's cumulative living standard. The wealth index is calculated using easy-to-collect data on a household’s ownership of selected assets, such as televisions and bicycles; materials used for housing construction; and types of water access and sanitation facilities. Generated with a statistical procedure known as principal components analysis, the wealth index places individual households on a continuous scale of relative wealth. DHS separates all interviewed households into five wealth quintiles to compare the influence of wealth on various population, health and nutrition indicators. The wealth index is presented in the DHS Final Reports and survey datasets as a background characteristic",
"HV271": "Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)",
"HV270A": "Wealth index for urban/rural. As a response to criticism that a single wealth index (as provided by HV270 and HV271) is too urban in its construction and not able to distinguish the poorest of the poor from other poor households, this variable provides an urban- and rural-specific wealth index.",
"HV271A": "Wealth index factor score for urban/rural (5 decimals)",
"HML1": "Number of mosquito nets household owns",
"HML1A": "Number of mosquito nets with specific information. Ownership of up to 7 mosquito nets (0 through 7+) is recorded in HML1 and further information for up to 7 mosquito nets is collected in the “Malaria by mosquito bed net” section (RECHML: variables HMLIDX through HML23). Variables HML1 and HML1A are therefore generally identical, however, it is possible that further information for some mosquito nets wat provided.",
"HML2": "Number of children sleeping under a mosquito net the previous night"
},
"RECH3-RECH4": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n26",
"RECH3": "All single occurrence country-specific variables relating to the household.",
"RECH4": "Country-specific variables from the household schedule. Variable IDXH4 is always included as the first variable in this section and is equal to HVIDX for each entry in the household schedule."
},
"RECH5": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n28",
"HA0": "Index to household schedule.",
"HA1": "Women's age in years. In the DHS VII recode HA1 is computed as the CMC date of the biomarker questionnaire interview (HV807C) minus the CMC date of birth of the woman (HA32) divided by 12, and then take the integer to get completed years. In previous recode versions HA1 was based on the CMC’s of the date of the household questionnaire interview (HV008) and the date of birth of the woman (HA32).",
"HA2": "Respondent's weight (kilos-1d).",
"HA3": "Respondent's height (cms-1d).",
"HA4": "Height/Age Percentile",
"HA5": "Height/Age Standard deviations.",
"HA6": "Height/Age Percent ref. Median.",
"HA11": "Weight/Height Std deviations (DHS).",
"HA12": "Weight/Height Percent ref. median (DHS).",
"HA12A": "Weight/Height Percent ref. median (Foggarty)",
"HA12B": "Weight/Height Percent ref. median (WHO).",
"HA13": "In DHS VII women’s result of measurement is a combination of the measurements of the respondent’s weight and height. All respondents weighing less than 400 kilos and with a height less than 2.20 meters are recorded as ‘0’ (measured). When the weight and height could not be collected because the respondent was ‘not present’, ‘refused’ or because of ‘another’ reason this variable is set to 3, 4 and 6 respectively. When the response to either the weight or the height is missing this variable is set to ‘missing’ and in all other cases to‘8.",
"HA21": "Fieldworker measurer code",
"HA32": "Date of birth (CMC). Note that if the woman completed an individual interview than HA32 will be based on the month and year of birth as reported in V009 and V010. If the woman did not complete an individual interview than HA32 is based on her age as reported in HV105 (in this case the month of birth is imputed).",
"HA33": "Completeness of date of birth (HA32) information.",
"HA35": "Smoking in last 24 hours.",
"HA40": "Body mass index for respondent.",
"HA41": "Rohrer's index for respondent.",
"HA50": "Under age 18.",
"HA51": "Line number of parent/caretaker. BASE: Never married woman in the age range 15 - 17. Anemia testing:",
"HA52": "Whether the consent to draw a droplet of blood was granted after reading a consent statement to woman/parent/responsible adult.",
"HA53": "Hemoglobin level in g/dl with 1 implied decimal.",
"HA54": "Currently pregnant.",
"HA55": "Result of Hemoglobin measuring.",
"HA56": "Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitude in g/dl with 1 implied decimal.",
"HA57": "Anemia level. Levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered as severe anemia, levels between 7. 0g/dl and 9.9g/dl are considered as moderate anemia and cases between 10.0 g/dl and 10.9 g/dl are considered as mild anemia for pregnant women and between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl for all other adult women.",
"HA58": "Agrees to referral. In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HA60": "Marital status HIV testing: The actual outcome of the HIV test is not available in this data set. HIV results are not distributed with the DHS general data files, they are distributed in a separate file and users need to agree on special conditions to receive that data. BASE: For variables HA61, HA62 and HA63, all women living in households selected for HIV testing",
"HA61": "Consent for HIV measurement is a combination of the responses to the consent statement read to the respondent and to the parent or other adult identified as responsible for women age 15-17 and never in a union.",
"HA62": "Blood sample ID number",
"HA63": "Result of measuring (HIV) provides information on whether a blood sample was taken or the reason why a sample could not be collected.",
"HA64": "Consent for additional tests. This is a combination of the responses to the consent statement for additional tests to the respondent and to the parent or other adult identified as responsible for women age 15-17 and never in a union. BASE: All women that granted consent for HIV testing",
"HA65": "Result of woman individual interview",
"HA66": "Woman's highest educational level, with the same standardized levels as explained for HV106.",
"HA67": "Woman's highest year of education (see HV107) BASE: All women that have primary, secondary or higher level education (HA66 is not 0 or missing)",
"HA68": "Highest educational level (Country specific for preliminary and final reports)",
"HA69": "HIV weight (6 decimals)",
"HA70": "Code for fieldworker that took blood for HIV testing"
},
"RECH6": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n31",
"HC0": "Index to household schedule",
"HC1": "Age in months, previously calculated as HV008 – HC32. In DHS VII, the calculation is based on the Century Day Codes for the date of the measurement and the date of birth of the child: (HV807A – HC32A) / 30.4375.",
"HC1A": "Child’s age in days, calculated as HV807A – HC32A.",
"HC2": "Weight in kilograms (1 dec.)",
"HC3": "Height in centimeters (1 dec.)",
"HC4": "Height/Age Percentile",
"HC5": "Height/Age Standard deviations",
"HC6": "Height/Age Percent of ref. median",
"HC7": "Weight/Age Percentile",
"HC8": "Weight/Age Standard deviations",
"HC9": "Weight/Age Percent of ref. median",
"HC10": "Weight/Height Percentile",
"HC11": "Weight/Height Standard deviations",
"HC12": "Weight/Height Percent of ref. median",
"HC13": "In DHS VII children’s result of measurement is a combination of the measurements of the child’s weight and height. All children with a valid weight and height are recorded as ‘0’ (measured). When the weight and height could not be collected because the child was ‘not present’, ‘refused’ or because of ‘another’ reason, this variable is set to 3, 4 and 6 respectively. When the response to either the weight or the height is missing this variable is set to ‘missing’ and in all other cases to‘8.",
"HC15": "Height: lying or standing",
"HC16": "Day of birth of child",
"HC17": "Date measured (day)",
"HC18": "Date measured (month)",
"HC19": "Date measured (year)",
"HC20": "Century day code of measurement, calculated from HV807Y, HV807M and HV807D (see note on century day codes). This variable is the same as HV807A.",
"HC21": "Fieldworker measurer code",
"HC27": "Sex of the child",
"HC30": "Month of birth of child",
"HC31": "Year of birth of child",
"HC32": "Date of birth (CMC). Note that when a child is included in the birth history on his/her mother’s individual questionnaire, HC32A is based on the month and year of birth as recorded in the birth history. When the child is not listed in a birth history, then the month and year of birth as listed on the biomarker questionnaire are used.",
"HC32A": "Century day code of birth (see note on century month codes). Note that when a child is included in the birth history in his/her mother’s individual questionnaire, HC32A is based on the day, month and year of birth as recorded in the birth history. When the child is not listed in a birth history, then the day, month and year of birth as listed on the biomarker questionnaire are used.",
"HC33": "Completeness of information for date of birth (HC32)",
"HC51": "Line number of parent/caretaker BASE: All children born before six month of interview date. Anemia testing: Base (HC52 – HC58): All children born before six months of interview date",
"HC52": "Read consent statement",
"HC53": "Hemoglobin level (g/dl - 1 decimal)",
"HC55": "Result of measuring (Hemoglobin)",
"HC56": "Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitude in g/dl with 1 implied decimal",
"HC57": "Anemia levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered as severe anemia, levels between 7.1g/dl and 9.9g/dl are considered as moderate anemia and cases between 10.0 g/dl and 10.9 g/dl are considered as mild anemia.",
"HC58": "Agrees to referral. In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HC60": "Mother's line number from woman's questionnaire",
"HC61": "Mother's highest educational level, with the same standardized levels as explained for HV106.",
"HC62": "Mother's highest year of education (see HV107)",
"HC63": "Preceding birth interval",
"HC64": "Birth order number",
"HC68": "Highest educational level (Country specific for preliminary and final reports)",
"HC70": "Height for age standard deviation (according to WHO)",
"HC71": "Weight for age standard deviation (according to WHO)",
"HC72": "Weight for height standard deviations (according to WHO)",
"HC73": "BMI standard deviations (according to WHO) The measures above were calculated using the new Child Growth Standards released by the World Health Organization on April 27 2006. The new Standards are the result of an intensive study initiated by WHO in 1997 to develop a new international standard for assessing the physical growth nutritional status and motor development in all children from birth to age five. WHO and its principal partner, the United Nations University, undertook a Multi-centre Growth Reference Study which is a community-based, multi-country projects involving more than eight thousand children from Brazil, Ghana, India, Norway, Oman, and the United States of America. The measures are presented with two implied decimal places (no decimal points are included in the data file). To produce the actual measure, divide the variable by 100. If either the weight or the height of the child is missing then all of the above measures are set to the missing code 9999 or 99999. If either the height or the weight is outside of the acceptable range for the calculation of these measures then all of the above measures are set to code 9998 or 99998."
},
"RECHMA": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n33",
"HB0": "Index to household schedule",
"HB1": "Men's age in years. In the DHS VII recode HB1 is computed as the CMC date of the biomarker questionnaire interview (HV807C) minus the CMC date of the birth of the man (HB32) divided by 12, and then take the integer to get completed years. In previous recode versions HA1 was based on the CMC the date of the household questionnaire interview (HV008) and the date of birth of the man (HA32).",
"HB2": "Respondent's weight (kilos-1d)",
"HB3": "Respondent's height (cms-1d)",
"HB4": "Ht/A Percentile (respondent)",
"HB5": "Ht/A Standard deviations (respondent)",
"HB6": "Ht/A Percent ref. median (respondent)",
"HB11": "Wt/Ht Std deviations (respondent) DHS",
"HB12": "Wt/Ht Percent ref. median (DHS)",
"HB12A": "Wt/Ht Percent ref. median (Foggarty)",
"HB12B": "Wt/Ht Percent ref. median (WHO)",
"HB13": "Result of height and weight measurement. In DHS VII the result of height and weight measurement is a combination of the measurements of the respondent’s weight and height. All respondents weighing less than 400 kilos and with a height less than 2.20 meters are recorded as ‘0’ (measured). When the weight and height could not be collected because the respondent was ‘not present’, ‘refused’ or because of ‘another’ reason this variable is set to 3, 4 and 6 respectively. When the response to either the weight or the height is missing this variable is set to ‘missing’ and in all other cases to‘8.",
"HB21": "Fieldworker measurer code",
"HB32": "Date of birth (CMC). Note that if the man completed an individual interview then HB32 will be based on the month and year of birth as reported in MV009 and MV010. If the man did not complete an individual interview then HB32 is based on his age as reported in HV105 (in this case the month of birth is imputed).",
"HB33": "Completeness of date of birth (HB32) information",
"HB35": "Smoking in last 24 hours",
"HB40": "Body mass index for respondent",
"HB41": "Rohrer's index for respondent",
"HB50": "Under age 18",
"HB51": "Line no. of parent/caretaker BASE: Never married men in the age range 15-17. Anemia testing:",
"HB52": "The consent for hemoglobin measurement is a combination of the responses to the consent statement read to the respondent and to the parent or other adult identified as responsible for men age 15-17 and never in a union.",
"HB53": "Hemoglobin level (g/dl - 1 decimal)",
"HB55": "Result of measuring (Hemoglobin)",
"HB56": "Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitude (g/dl - 1 decimal)",
"HB57": "Anemia level. Levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered as severe anemia, levels between 7.0 g/dl and 9.9 g/dl are considered as moderate anemia and cases between 10.0 g/dl and 11.9 g/dl are considered as mild anemia for all adult men.",
"HB58": "Agrees to referral. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HB60": "Marital status HIV testing:",
"HB61": "Consent for HIV measurement. This is a combination of the responses to the consent statement read to the respondent and to the parent or other adult identified as responsible for men age 15-17 and never in a union.",
"HB62": "Blood sample ID number",
"HB63": "Result of measuring (HIV)",
"HB64": "Consent for additional tests. This is a combination of the responses to the consent statement read to the respondent and to the parent or other adult identified as responsible for men age 15-17 and never in a union.",
"HB65": "Result of man individual interview",
"HB66": "Man's highest educational level, with the same standardized levels as explained for HV106.",
"HB67": "Man's highest year of education (see HV107) BASE: All men that attended primary, secondary or higher education (HB66 is not 0 or missing)",
"HB68": "Highest educational level (Country specific for preliminary and final report)",
"HB69": "HIV weight (6 decimals)",
"HB70": "Code for fieldworker that took blood for HIV testing"
},
"RECHML": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n34",
"HMLIDX": "Net number",
"HML3": "Net observed or not.",
"HML4": "Months ago household obtained the mosquito net.",
"HML5": "Was net treated with insecticide when bought. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HML6": "Mosquito net treated with insecticide. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"HML7": "Brand or type of mosquito net.",
"HML8": "Mosquito net ever soaked or dipped in a liquid to kill or repel mosquitos.",
"HML9": "Months ago mosquito net was last soaked or dipped in a liquid to kill or repel mosquitos.",
"HML10": "The mosquito net is an Insecticide-treated net (ITN). An ITN net is (1) a factory-treated net that does not require any further treatment (LLIN) or (2) a net that has been soaked with insecticide within the past 12 months. The definition of an ITN used to include another category of “pre-treated” nets that would not require treatment with insecticide for 12 months after it was obtained.",
"HML11": "Number of persons who slept under this mosquito net the night before the survey. The maximum number of persons sleeping under one mosquito net is set to 5 (5+), since this provides an index for up 5 different persons with their line numbers listed under HMLA through HMLE.",
"HML21": "Someone slept under this mosquito net last night Line number of person that slept under this mosquito net last night:",
"HMLA": "Line number in the household schedule of first person.",
"HMLB": "Line number in the household schedule of second person.",
"HMLC": "Line number in the household schedule of third person.",
"HMLD": "Line number in the household schedule of fourth person.",
"HMLE": "Line number in the household schedule of fifth person.",
"HML22": "Obtained net from campaign, antenatal or immunization visit",
"HML23": "Place where net was obtained Base: Mosquito net not obtained from campaign, antenatal or immunization visit (HML22 = 0)."
},
"RECHMH": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n36",
"HMHIDX": "Index to household schedule.",
"HML12": "Type of bednet(s) person slept under last night, i.e. did not sleep under a net, slept only under an ITN treated net, slept both under an ITN treated net and an untreated net, or only slept under untreated nets). Net Designation Number (HMLIDX) for net person slept under last night: Note that this also includes “0” = did not sleep under a net, and that the maximum number of nets a person slept under last night is set to 3.",
"HML13": "Net number for first net person slept under.",
"HML14": "Net number for second net person slept under.",
"HML15": "Net number for third net person slept under.",
"HML16": "Corrected age from individual questionnaire. For adult respondents with a completed woman or man questionnaire, this information is taken from the CMC of date of the household interview and the CMC of the date of birth (based on V009 and V010 for women and MV009 and MV010 for men). For adult respondents without a complete individual questionnaire, the information is taken from the age as listed in the household schedule (HV105). For children listed in their mother’s birth history, the age of the child is computed based on the CDC of the date of the biomarker interview and the CDC of the birth date of the child as listed in the birth history. In a few cases the biomarker dates are not available and then the CDC date of the household interview is used. However, if the child was not listed in a mother’s birth history then the age of the child is computed based on the CDC of the date of birth of the child as listed in the biomarker questionnaire.",
"HML16A": "Corrected age in months (for children). See HML16 BASE: Children under age 6 based on HV105",
"HML17": "Flag for corrected age from individual questionnaire (HML16).",
"HML18": "Pregnancy status from individual questionnaire. For complete woman’s interviews this is taken from V213. For incomplete woman's interview with anemia testing the pregnancy status is taken from this section. BASE: Women with a completed individual questionnaire or when available information from the anemia testing section.",
"HML19": "Person slept under an ever treated net. An ever treated net included HML5 = 1 (treatment of mosquito net when bought) or HML6 = 1, 2, 3, 4 (pre-treated or treatment provided), but both questions are no longer part of the DHS VII questionnaires. In the DHS VII questionnaire only HML8 = 1 (Net ever soaked or dipped in a liquid to kill or repel mosquitos since receiving it and HML8 = 2 (Permanent/LLIN net)",
"HML20": "Person slept under an LLIN net. LLIN’s are identified in HML7 (Brand of mosquito net) and are generally listed under the LLIN heading on the questionnaire. BASE: For HML30 and HML31 is all children under age 6 and born before six months of interview date.",
"HML30": "Line number of parent/caretaker (for malaria testing)",
"HML31": "Read consent statement for malaria",
"HML32": "Final result of malaria from blood smear test",
"HML32A": "Presence of species: falciparam (Pf)",
"HML32B": "Presence of species: malari (Pm)",
"HML32C": "Presence of species: ovale (Po)",
"HML32D": "Presence of species: vwax (Pv)",
"HML32E": "Presence of species: Country Specific",
"HML32F": "Presence of species: Country Specific",
"HML32G": "Presence of species: Country Specific",
"HML33": "Result of malaria measurement",
"HML34": "Bar code for blood smear sample",
"HML35": "Result of malaria rapid test"
},
"RECHCHL": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n37",
"IDXCHL": "Index to household schedule",
"CHL1": "Worked for someone outside household",
"CHL2": "Hours worked for someone outside household",
"CHL3": "Fetched wood or water",
"CHL4": "Hours spent fetching wood or water",
"CHL5": "Worked for a family member",
"CHL6": "Hours spent working for family member",
"CHL7": "Did domestic household work",
"CHL8": "Hours spent doing domestic household work"
},
"REC01": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n41",
"CASEID": "Case identification is used to uniquely identify each respondent. In most surveys this is constructed by concatenating the cluster or sample point number, the household number and the respondent's line number, but in some surveys this may be the questionnaire number taken from the front page of the questionnaire.",
"V000": "Alphabetic country code to identify the survey from which the data were collected. The code is based on an international standard code. This variable is 3 characters in length, with the third character indicating the format of the recode file used for this survey. For all surveys in DHS VII this code will be 7. For example: BJ7 is Benin, KH7 is Cambodia, CO7 is Colombia.",
"V001": "Cluster number is the number identifying the sample point as used during the fieldwork. This variable may be a composite of several variables in the questionnaire. If so, the original variables are included in REC91 as country-specific variables.",
"V002": "Household number is the number identifying the household in which the respondent was interviewed, within the sample point. In some cases, this variable may be the combination of dwelling number and household number within dwelling. In these cases, the original variables are included as country-specific variables.",
"V003": "Respondent's line number in the household schedule.",
"V004": "Ultimate area unit is a number assigned to each sample point to identify the ultimate area units used in the collection of data. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number, but may be a sequentially numbered variable for samples with a more complicated structure.",
"V005": "Sample weight is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample weight divide it by 1000000 before applying the weighting factor. All sample weights are normalized such that the weighted number of cases is identical to the unweighted number of cases when using the full dataset with no selection. This variable should be used to weight all tabulations produced using the data file. For self-weighting samples this variable is equal to 1000000.",
"V006": "Month of the individual interview",
"V007": "Year of the individual interview",
"V008": "Century month code of date of interview, calculated from V007 and V008 (see note on century month codes)",
"V008A": "Century day code of date of interview, calculated from V007, V008 and V016 (see note on century day codes)",
"V009": "Month of birth of respondent (see note on imputed dates)",
"V010": "Year of birth of respondent (see note on imputed dates)",
"V011": "Century month code of date of birth of the respondent (see note on century month codes and on imputed dates).",
"V012": "Current age in completed years is calculated from the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent (V011) and the century month code of the date of interview (V008). In a few cases the age in the data file will be different from that reported by the respondent when the respondent's birthday was in the month of interview, but she had not yet had her birthday. If the respondent correctly reported her age at her last birthday (and not her age at her next birthday) \nthen \nthe calculated age was rounded up from \nthe reported age, \nto avoid inconsistencies between the age and the century month code for the birth.",
"V013": "Current age in 5-year groups is produced by grouping V012.",
"V014": "Completeness of information for the date of birth of the respondent (see note on imputed dates)",
"V015": "Result of individual interview. Code 1 represents a completed interview. For all other cases, only REC01 will exist in the data file. For flat format data files, cases with a result code different than 1 are dropped from the file.",
"V016": "Day of the individual interview",
"V017": "Century month code for the first month of the calendar. This is constant for all cases and is the century month code of January of the first year of the calendar.",
"V018": "Row of calendar representing the month of interview. The calendar is numbered from 1 to 80, with month 80 being January of the first year of the calendar. This variable is coded 0 for incomplete interviews.",
"V019": "Records the length of the calendar to use for this case. V019 is equal to 80-V018+1. This variable is coded 0 for incomplete interviews.",
"V019A": "Number of calendar columns.",
"V020": "The ever-married sample indicator is a constant for all cases in the data file. For all woman samples it is code 0, and for ever-married samples it is code 1.",
"V021": "Primary sampling unit is a number assigned to sample points to identify the primary sampling units for use in the calculation of sampling errors. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number and/or the ultimate area unit, but may differ if the sample design required a multistage selection process.",
"V022": "Sample strata for sampling errors defines the pairings or groupings of primary sampling units used in the calculation of sampling errors when using the Taylor series expansion method.",
"V023": "The stratification used in the sample design defines the basic geographic units within which the sample was designed. For example, if the sample was designed to be self-weighting within region, this variable would define those regions; if the sample was designed to be self- weighting within major urban areas, other urban areas and rural areas, this variable would define the major urban, other urban and rural areas. If the sample is self-weighted at the national level, this variable is code 0.",
"V024": "De facto region of residence is a copy of V101, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by region.",
"V025": "De facto type of place of residence is a copy of V102, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by urban/rural residence.",
"V026": "De facto place of residence is the type of place in which the respondent was interviewed. This is a copy of V134, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by type of place of residence (Capital city, small town, town and countryside). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V027": "Number of visits for the interview is a copy of V804.",
"V028": "Interviewer identification code is a copy of V805. Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"V029": "Data entry keyer code is a copy of V806 and codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 3 digits.",
"V030": "Field supervisor's codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"V031": "Field editor's codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"V032": "Office editor's codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 3 digits.",
"V034": "Line number of husband as recorded in the household schedule. This variable can be used, in conjunction with the cluster or sample point number and the household number to match the women's data with the husbands' data, to allow for the analysis of couples.",
"V040": "Cluster altitude in meters used to adjust the anemia level",
"V042": "Household selection for hemoglobin",
"V044": "Selection for domestic violence module. This variable is set to not applicable in case there is no domestic violence module.",
"V045A": "Language of the questionnaire codes are country-specific",
"V045B": "Language of the interview codes are country-specific",
"V045C": "Native language of the respondent codes are country specific",
"V046": "Translator used in the interview",
"V105A": "Province, region or state codes of residence before respondent moved to current place of residence are country specific."
},
"REC11": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n45",
"V101": "De facto region of residence. Region in which the respondent was interviewed. Codes are country-specific. For de jure region of residence, see V139.",
"V102": "De facto type of place of residence. Type of place of residence where the respondent was interviewed as either urban or \nrural. \n Note \nthat \nthis \nis not \nthe \nrespondent's own categorization, but was created based on whether the cluster or sample point number is defined as urban or rural. See also V134. For de jure type of place of residence, see V140.",
"V103": "Childhood place of residence is classified into city, town and countryside as reported by the respondent. In some countries, additional codes are used for capital/major cities (code 0) and for abroad (code 4). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in DHS VII the recode.",
"V104": "Number of years the respondent has lived in the village, town, or city where she was interviewed. Visitors to the community are coded 96. Previous residence BASE: For V105 and V105A is all respondents except those answering \"Always\" or \"Visitor\" to V104 (V104 <> 95 & V104 <> 96).",
"V105": "Type of place of previous residence is coded as for V103. In some countries, additional codes are used for capital/major cities (code 0) and for abroad (code 4).",
"V105A": "Region of previous residence.",
"V106": "Highest education level attended. This is a standardized variable providing level of education in the following categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, and Higher. In some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme and a different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme and the variable used for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable.",
"V107": "Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in V106. BASE: All respondents except those answering \"No education\" or with missing data for V106 (V106 <> 0 & V106 <> 9).",
"V113": "Main source of drinking water for members of the household. Individual codes are country- specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"V115": "Time taken to get to the water source for drinking water",
"V116": "Type of toilet facility in the household. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard. Whether the household has:",
"V119": "Electricity",
"V120": "A radio",
"V121": "A television",
"V122": "A refrigerator Whether any member of the household has:",
"V123": "A bicycle",
"V124": "A motorcycle/scooter",
"V125": "A car/truck",
"V127": "Main material of the floor. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"V128": "Main material of the walls. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"V129": "Main material of the roof. Individual codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"V130": "Religion. Both the question and the codes are country-specific.",
"V131": "Ethnicity. Both the question and the codes are country-specific.",
"V133": "Education in single years. This variable is constructed from the educational level (V106) and the grade at that level (V107) as follows: V106 \n= > \nV133 0 \n= > \n0 1 \n= > \nV107 2 \n= > \nV107+x 3 \n= > \nV107+y 9 \n= > \n99 x = years to complete primary education y = years to complete primary and secondary education where both x and y are country-specific.",
"V134": "De facto place of residence is the type of place in which the respondent was interviewed. Urban areas are classified into large cities (capital cities and cities with over 1 million population), small cities (population over 50,000), and towns (other urban areas), and all rural areas are assumed to be countryside. Note that this classification differs from that used in DHS I. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V135": "Whether the respondent is a usual resident of the household or is just visiting the household. Responses of \"Visitor\" to V104 are visitors to the city, town or village where the interview took place, but V135 shows respondents who were visitors to the household.",
"V136": "Total number of household members is the number of usual residents plus the number of visitors who slept in the house the previous night that were listed in the household schedule.",
"V137": "Number of children resident in the household and aged 5 and under. Visiting children are not included.",
"V138": "Number of eligible women in the household. Eligible women are usually defined to be women aged 15-49 who slept in the household the previous night, irrespective of whether they usually reside in the household or are visiting the household. In some countries an ever- married sample is used for the individual interview, and so the eligibility criteria is further restricted to ever-married women.",
"V139": "De jure region of usual residence. For de facto region of residence, see V101.",
"V140": "De jure type of place of usual residence. For de facto type of place of residence, see V102.",
"V141": "De jure place of residence. In most countries, no differentiation is made between large cities and small cities in this variable.",
"V149": "Educational achievement recodes the education of the respondent into the following categories: None, incomplete primary, complete primary, incomplete secondary, complete secondary, higher education. See related variables V106, V107, V133.",
"V150": "Relationship to the head of the household. These data are taken from the household schedule.",
"V151": "Sex of the head of the household",
"V152": "Age of the head of the household",
"AWFACTT": "All-woman factor for the total population.",
"AWFACTU": "All-woman factor for the urban/rural breakdowns.",
"AWFACTR": "All-woman factor for the regional breakdowns.",
"AWFACTE": "All-woman factor for the educational breakdowns.",
"AWFACTW": "All-woman factor for the wealth index breakdowns.",
"V155": "Literacy indicates whether a respondent who attended primary or secondary schooling can read a whole or part of a sentence showed. A respondent who attended higher education is coded 2, the same as a respondent who could read a whole sentence. In DHS VI, respondents who attended primary school only were asked to read a sentence.",
"V156": "Ever participated in a literacy program or any other program that involves learning to read and write (not including primary school). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V157": "Reading a newspaper or magazine at least once a week. Respondents who cannot read at all or who are blind/visually impaired (V155 = 0, 4) are code as “0” (not at all).",
"V158": "Listening to the radio at least once a week",
"V159": "Watching television at least once a week",
"V160": "Toilet facilities shared with other households BASE: All households that have toilet facility (HV205 <> 31)",
"V161": "Type of cooking fuel",
"V166": "Results of salt iodine test). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V167": "Number of trips away from home for one or more nights in last 12 months",
"V168": "Away for more than one month at a time in last 12 months BASE: Respondents who stayed away from home for more than one night in the last 12 months at least once (V167 <> 0).",
"V169A": "Respondent owns a mobile telephone",
"V169B": "Respondents uses her mobile telephone for financial transactions BASE: Respondents owning a mobile telephone (V169A = 1)",
"V170": "Respondent has an account in a bank or other financial institution that she uses",
"V171A": "Use of internet in the last 12 months",
"V171B": "Frequency of using internet in the last month Wealth index",
"V190": "Wealth index. For a brief explanation of the Wealth index see HV270",
"V191": "Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)",
"V190A": "Wealth index for urban/rural. For a brief explanation of the Wealth index for urban/rural see HV270A",
"V191A": "Wealth index factor score for urban/rural (5 decimals)",
"ML101": "Type of mosquito net(s) the respondent slept under last night coded as follows: 0 \nNo net 1 \nOnly treated nets 2 \nBoth treated and untreated nets 3 \nOnly untreated nets."
},
"REC21": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n48",
"BIDX": "Birth history index numbers the entries in the birth history from 1 to n, where the nth birth is the first birth.",
"BORD": "Birth order number gives the order in which the children were born and so is the reverse order from BIDX.",
"B0": "Twin code gives an order number for each child of a multiple birth. Code 0 indicates a single birth, code 1-upwards give the number of the child. Twins are ordered in the birth history with the higher twin codes appearing before the lower twin codes. See the example of the birth history structure below.",
"B1": "Month of birth of child (see note on imputed dates).",
"B2": "Year of birth of child (see note on imputed dates). This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"B3": "Century month code for the date of birth of the child (see note on century month codes).",
"B4": "Sex of child",
"B5": "Whether child was alive or dead at the time of interview.",
"B6": "Age at death of the child as reported in the questionnaire. The first digit of the age at death gives the units in which it was reported: 1 - Days, 2 - Months, 3 - Years, 9 - Special responses. The last two digits give the age at death in those units. Age at death is usually reported in days if it was less than one month, in months if it was less than two years and otherwise in years. If the last two digits contain a value greater than 90 then this is a special response. For example, 298 means the age at death was a number of months, and the exact number was unknown, but lies between 1 and 23 months. BASE: Dead children (B5 = 0).",
"B7": "Age at death of the child in completed months gives a calculated age at death from the reported information. If it was reported in days these are truncated to completed months, if reported in months these are used directly, but if reported in years then truncated years are used, i.e., 3 years becomes 36 months. For ages at death that were not specified, an age at death is imputed using a hot deck approach by taking the same age at death as the last child encountered of the same birth order in the data file. This variable is no longer truncated at 90 months and now occupies three digits. BASE: Dead children (B5 = 0).",
"B8": "Current age of the child in single years for all living children. In the DHS VII recode, B8 is based on the CDC of day of interview and date of birth of child and now calculated as ((V008A – B18) / 30.4375) / 12, where 30.4375 = 3625.25 divided by 12 months. Then take the integer part to get completed years. In previous recodes that was calculated as the integer of V008 – B3) / 12. BASE: Living children (B5 = 1).",
"B9": "The person the child usually lives with. The Respondent is coded 0, father coded 1, other relatives coded 2, other people coded 3, and children aged 15 and over who were not asked who they live with are coded 4. Note that this coding is different from DHS I. BASE: Living children (B5 = 1).",
"B10": "Completeness of information for the date of birth of the child (see note on imputed dates). Codes are different from the codes used in DHS I. In DHS VII code “0” was added, indicating that month, year and day of birth are provided.",
"B11": "Preceding birth interval is calculated as the difference in months between the current birth and the previous birth, counting twins as one birth. In the DHS VII recode, B11 is also based on the CDC of date of birth of the children (B18). In previous recodes B11 was based on the CMC date of birth of the children (B3) BASE: All births except the first birth and its twins.",
"B12": "Succeeding birth interval is calculated as the difference in months between the current birth and the following birth, counting twins as one birth. In the DHS VII recode, B11 is also based on the CDC of date of birth of the children (B18). In previous recodes B11 was based on the CMC date of birth of the children (B3). BASE: All births except the last birth and its twins.",
"B13": "Flag for age at death is coded as follows: 0 \nNo flag 1 \nAge at death plus the date of birth would place the death after the interview 2 \nAge at death is less than the reported duration of breastfeeding 3 \nAge at death is less than the age the child was first given supplemental foods 4 \nAge at death is less than age the child was first breastfed 5 \nAge at death plus the date of birth would place the death before the last vaccination 6 \nReported age at death is outside the range expected for the units given 7 \nAge at death was imputed, however the units were given 8 \nAge at death was imputed, no units were given BASE: Dead children (B5 = 0).",
"B15": "Whether there were any other live births in the interval between the birth and the previously reported birth. Note: Variables B14 and B15 are questions used in the interview to try and ascertain if the respondent had omitted any live births while reporting her birth history. The birth history may have been modified during the interviewing process, and the responses may not now correspond to the interval between the birth and the preceding birth recorded in this section. The data have been included to help indicate cases where the respondent may have omitted live births while originally reporting the birth history. The omitted births should be included in this final version of the birth history.",
"B16": "Child's line number in household BASE: Living children (B5 = 1).",
"B17": "Day of birth of child. When the respondent could not provide the day of birth of the child then it is imputed.",
"B18": "Century day code of birth of child, calculated from B2, B3 and B17 (see note on century day codes)",
"B19": "Current age of child in months (months since birth for dead children), calculated as the integer of (V008A-B18) / 30.4375."
},
"REC22": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n51",
"V201": "Total number of children ever born. If there are fewer than twenty births then this is the same as V224 (Number of entries in the birth history), but if there are more than twenty births then this gives the full number, while V224 will be 20.",
"V202": "Total number of sons living at home",
"V203": "Total number of daughters living at home",
"V204": "Total number of sons living away from home",
"V205": "Total number of daughters living away from home",
"V206": "Total number of sons who have died",
"V207": "Total number of daughters who have died V201 is the sum of variables V202 to V207.",
"V208": "Total number of births in the last five years is defined as all births in the months 0 to 59 prior to the month of interview, where month 0 is the month of interview.",
"V209": "Total number of births in the past year is defined as all births in the months 0 to 12 (not 0 to 11) prior to the month of interview.",
"V210": "Total number of births in the month of interview",
"V211": "Century month code of the date of first birth is the same as B3(V224). BASE: All respondents with one or more births (V201 > 0).",
"V212": "Age of the respondent at first birth is calculated from the CMC of the date of first birth and the CMC of the date of birth of the respondent. BASE: All respondents with one or more births (V201 > 0).",
"V213": "Whether the respondent is currently pregnant.",
"V214": "Imputed duration of the current pregnancy. In the imputation process a date of conception of the current pregnancy is calculated from the reported duration of the current pregnancy, if known, or imputed from other available information (see note on imputed dates). The imputed duration of pregnancy is then calculated from that date of conception. BASE: Currently pregnant women (V213 = 1).",
"V215": "Time since last menstrual period as reported by the respondent. The first digit gives the units in which the response was given by the respondent: 1 - Days ago, 2 - Weeks ago, 3 - Months ago, 4 - Years ago, 9 - Special answers. The last two digits give the time since the last period in those units. If the last two digits contain a number greater than 90 then this is a special response. For example, 199 means the response was in days but the number of days was missing on the questionnaire.",
"V216": "Whether the respondent menstruated in the last six weeks is calculated from V215.",
"V217": "Knowledge of the ovulatory cycle indicates when during her monthly cycle the respondent thinks a woman has the greatest chance of becoming pregnant.",
"V218": "Total number of living children is the sum of variables V202 to V205.",
"V219": "Total number of living children including current pregnancy is calculated from V218 by adding 1 if the respondent is pregnant.",
"V220": "Total number of living children including current pregnancy is a grouping of the previous variable, truncating the number to 6 if it was greater than 6.",
"V221": "Interval between the first marriage and first birth in months. If the first birth was prior to the first marriage then this variable is coded 996 \"Negative interval.\" BASE: Ever-married women who have had one or more births (V501 > 0 & V201 > 0).",
"V222": "Interval between the last birth and the date of the interview in months. BASE: Respondents who have had one or more births (V201 > 0).",
"V223": "Completeness of information relating to the date of conception of the current pregnancy. This variable indicates whether the date of conception was exactly specified by the duration of the current pregnancy or the duration was imputed from other information (see note on imputed dates). Codes are different from those used in DHS I. BASE: Currently pregnant women (V213 = 1).",
"V224": "Number of entries in the birth history (REC21). This variable is also the index to the first birth in the birth history. If there are fewer than twenty births then this is the same as V201 (number of children ever born), but if there are more than twenty births then this will be 20, while V201 gives the full number.",
"V225": "At the time the respondent became pregnant with the current pregnancy, whether the current pregnancy was wanted then, later or not at all. BASE: Currently pregnant women (V213 = 1).",
"V226": "Computed time since the last menstrual period. This is computed from the response for V215, with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth (V227 = 7, 9) recoded to the response \"Before last birth\" (code 995) and inconsistent responses flagged on variable V227 (codes 1-6) recoded to 997.",
"V227": "Flag variable indicating inconsistencies found in editing the response for variable V215. 0 \nNo flag 1 \nDuration given is greater than the interval since the last birth and the respondent did not say, in the maternity section, that she was still amenorrheic since her last birth 2 \nDuration given plus the duration of amenorrhea after the last birth is greater than the interval since the last birth 3 \nDuration was reported, but the respondent's period had not returned since the last birth 4 \nRespondent reported her last period was before her last birth, but she had never given birth 5 \nRespondent reported never having menstruated, but reported in the maternity section that her period had returned after her last birth 6 \nRespondent reported her last period was before her last birth, but reported in the maternity section that her period had returned after her last birth 7 \nRespondent reported a duration since her last period, but this would place her last period during her last pregnancy 8 \nRespondent reported never having menstruated, but she had children 9 \nDuration was reported, but the duration would place her period before her last birth",
"V228": "Whether the respondent ever had a pregnancy that terminated in a miscarriage, abortion, or still birth, i.e., did not result in a live birth. Pregnancy terminations Variables V229 to V234 relate to pregnancy terminations (pregnancies that did not result in a live birth). BASE: Respondents who have had one or more terminated pregnancies (V228 = 1).",
"V229": "Month of the last pregnancy termination.",
"V230": "Year of the last pregnancy termination. The date of last termination is taken from a single question in the body of the questionnaire. This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"V231": "Century month code of the last pregnancy termination. The CMC date of termination is calculated from the preceding questions, or from the calendar, if possible, in cases where an exact date was not given for the date of last pregnancy termination.",
"V232": "Date flag for the last terminated pregnancy.",
"V233": "Months pregnant when the pregnancy terminated. BASE: Respondents who have had one or more terminated pregnancies since the cutoff date for the calendar/health section (V228 = 1 & V231 >= V017).",
"V234": "Whether the respondent had other pregnancy terminations before the last one.",
"V235": "Birth history index for last child born prior to the start of the calendar. Index is zero if no child was born before the start of the calendar.",
"V237": "Whether there were any other live births in the interval between the last birth and the date of interview. See B15 for more explanation.",
"V238": "Total number of births in the last three years is defined as all births in the months 0 to 35 prior to the month of interview, where month 0 is the month of interview. Pregnancies terminated prior to beginning of calendar",
"V239": "Whether or not, the respondent had pregnancies that miscarried, aborted or ended in still birth before calendar beginning BASE: Respondents who have had one or more terminated pregnancies (V228 = 1). BASE: For V240 to V243 is respondents who have had one or more terminated pregnancies prior to the calendar (V239 = 1)",
"V240": "Month of last termination prior to calendar",
"V241": "Year of last termination prior to calendar",
"V242": "CMC termination ended prior to calendar",
"V243": "Completeness of information for the last termination date prior to calendar",
"V244": "Believing women can get pregnant after birth and before menstrual period returns"
},
"REC31": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n53",
"V301": "Knowledge of any method is classified into modern, traditional and folkloric methods as follows: Modern methods are Pill, \nIUD, \nInjections, Diaphragm, Condom, Female Sterilization, Male Sterilization, Implants, Lactational Amenorrhea, Female Condom, Foam and Jelly, Emergency Contraception and the category “other modern method”. Traditional methods are Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm), Withdrawal, and Abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category \"other traditional method\". If a respondent knows both a traditional method and a modern method then the modern method takes priority and she is coded as knowing a modern method. Similarly, if a woman knows a traditional method and a folkloric method, the traditional method takes priority.",
"V302": "Ever use of a modern, traditional or folkloric method is created in the same way as V301. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V304A": "1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3",
"V304": "1 1 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 8 8 0 8 8",
"V305": ""
},
"REC32": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n60",
"V310": "Number of living children at the time the respondent first used a contraceptive method. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: All respondents who have ever used a contraceptive method (V302 > 0).",
"V311": "Number of living children at the time of first use is a grouped form of V310, with 4 or more truncated to 4 and respondents who have never used a contraceptive method coded 5. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: All respondents who have ever used a contraceptive method (V302 > 0).",
"V312": "Current contraceptive method. Pregnant women are coded 0 \"Not currently using.\"",
"V313": "Type of contraceptive method categorizes the current contraceptive method as either a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method. Current use. Variables V315 to V318 and V337 relate to the dates when respondent started to use their current method. BASE: Women who are currently using a method (V312 <> 07).",
"V315": "Month started using a contraceptive method by the respondent or her current partner (see note on imputed dates).",
"V316": "Year started using a contraceptive method by the respondent or her current partner (see note on imputed dates). This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"V317": "Century month code for the date started using a contraceptive method by (see note on century month codes).",
"V318": "Completeness of information for the date when respondents started to use the contraceptive method they are currently using (see note on imputed dates). Codes for DHS III are different from the codes used in DHS I. Sterilization. Variables V319 to V322 relate to dates of sterilization. BASE: Women who are sterilized or whose partner is sterilized (V312 = 6 or V312 = 7).",
"V319": "Years since sterilization in 2-year groups, truncated at 10 years.",
"V320": "Age at sterilization in 5-year groups <25, 25-29, 30-34, 35-39, 40-44, 45-49.",
"V321": "Marital duration at sterilization in 5-year groups with single women and those sterilized before marriage coded 0.",
"V322": "Parity at sterilization, truncated at 5+ children.",
"V323": "Brand of pill used. BASE: Pill users. (V312 = 1).",
"V323A": "Brand of condom used BASE: Condom users (V312 = 5).",
"V325A": "Cost of current method. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Source of modern contraceptive methods. Variables V326 and V327 relate to sources of contraception for current users of modern methods. See variables V379 to V380 for additional information relating to the source of modern contraceptive methods. BASE: Respondents currently using a modern method (V312 >= 1 & V312 <= 7 or V312 = 11 or V312 >= 14 & V312 <= 18).",
"V326": "The last source visited to obtain the current modern contraceptive method. Codes are country-specific, but the major categories are standard.",
"V327": "The last source visited for users of modern methods in standard coding groups constructed from V326. The standard coding categories for this variable have been changed to separate non-governmental organizations (NGOs) from other private sector sources.",
"V337": "Months of use of the current contraceptive method. BASE: Current users of contraception (V312 <> 0). Last method discontinued in the last five years. Variables V359 and V360 relate to the last method discontinued in the last five years. The information for these variables is taken from the calendar. BASE: Respondents who discontinued use of a method in the last five years.",
"V359": "Last method discontinued in the last five years.",
"V360": "Reason for the discontinuation of the last method discontinued in the last five years. Pattern and intentions for future use. Variables V361 to V364 relate to the respondent's past contraceptive practice and future intentions for using contraception.",
"V361": "Pattern of contraceptive use provides information on whether the respondent is currently using a method and for those who are not currently using whether they did so before or after their last birth or whether they never used a contraceptive method. Prior to the DHS VI recode this variable was based on ever-use by method in the contraceptive table (V302) and the calendar, but since ever-use is no longer included in the DHS VII core questionnaire, this variable is now based on V302A.",
"V362": "Intention to use a contraceptive method in the future is based on two questions, and classifies those intending to use a method in the future by whether they intend to use that method in the next twelve months or not. The two \"Unsure\" categories correspond to replies of unsure about using a method in the future (unsure about use) or, for those intending to use a method in the future, unsure about whether they intend to use that method in the next twelve months",
"V363": "Preferred future method for respondents intending to use a method in the future. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents not currently using a method, but intending to use a method in the future (V312 = 0 & (V362 = 1 or V362 = 2 or V362 = 3)).",
"V364": "Contraceptive use and intention shows current users of modern methods, current users of traditional methods, non-users who intend to use in the future and non-users not intending to use a method. In some countries, women who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to their intention to use contraception in the future, and are coded 5 on V364.",
"V367": "Whether the last child born in the last three/five years was wanted at that time, later or not at all. BASE: Women who gave birth to a child in the last three/five years (V417 > 0).",
"V372": "Shown pill package. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Pill users (V312 = 1)",
"V372A": "Shown condom package. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Condom users (V312 = 5) Reasons for Non-Use of Contraceptive Methods.",
"V375A": "Reason the respondent is not using a method of contraception to avoid pregnancy. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Women who are not currently using a contraceptive method and who are not pregnant (V312 = 0 & V213 <> 1).",
"V376": "Reason the respondent does not intend to use a method of contraception in the future. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. The coding categories have changed in DHS III from those used in DHS II. BASE: All women not currently using a contraceptive method and not intending to use a method in the future (V362 = 5).",
"V376A": "Whether the respondent would use a method in the future if she was married. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Women who says they do not intend to use a method because they are not married (V376 = 11).",
"V379": "Source of any method of contraception is formed from a combination of responses. For current users of modern methods, except users of Lactational Amenorrhea, it is the source of that method. The code for women who are not currently using any method is set to 98 (Don’t know).",
"V380": "Source of any method of contraception coded in standard coding categories is created from V379. Whether the respondent has heard about family planning in the last few months from any of the following sources:",
"V384A": "Heard about FP on the radio in the last few months",
"V384B": "Heard about FP on the TV in the last few months",
"V384C": "Heard about FP from a newspaper or magazine in the last few months",
"V384D": "Heard about FP from a voice or text message on a mobile phone in the last few months Family Planning Related Visits",
"V393": "Whether the respondent was visited by a fieldworker in the twelve months preceding the interview.",
"V393A": "Whether fieldworker talked about family planning BASE: Women visited by a fieldworker in the preceding 12 months (V393 = 1).",
"V394": "Whether the respondent visited a health facility for any reason in the twelve months preceding the interview.",
"V395": "Whether any of the staff at the health facility talked to the respondent about family planning. BASE: Women who visited a health facility in the preceding 12 months (V394 = 1).",
"V3A00A-Z": "Source of family planning for non-users. This question has multiple coding categories and each category is recorded separately in these variables. A few of the categories are standard (VA00A, J, K, L, X, Y, Z). However, room has been left for country-specific categories (VA00B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W). Any category not used in a particular country is left blank. In the DHS VII core questionnaire non users are only asked whether they know a place where to obtain a method of family planning and are no longer probed on each of the sources they. Therefore, only V3A008Y and V3A008Z are generally available, but the other variables are kept in the DHS VII recode BASE: Women who are not currently using a contraceptive method (V312 = 0). Public Sector",
"V3A00A": "Government hospital",
"V3A00B": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00C": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00D": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00E": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00F": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00G": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00H": "Country-Specific public sector",
"V3A00I": "Country-Specific public sector Medical Private Sector",
"V3A00J": "Private hospital/clinic",
"V3A00K": "Private Pharmacy",
"V3A00L": "Private Doctor",
"V3A00M": "Country-Specific medical private sector",
"V3A00N": "Country-Specific medical private sector",
"V3A00O": "Country-Specific medical private sector",
"V3A00P": "Country-Specific medical private sector",
"V3A00Q": "Country-Specific medical private sector",
"V3A00R": "Country-Specific medical private sector Other Private Sector",
"V3A00S": "Country-Specific other private sector",
"V3A00T": "Country-Specific other private sector",
"V3A00U": "Country-Specific other private sector",
"V3A00V": "Country-Specific other private sector",
"V3A00W": "Country-Specific other private sector",
"V3A00X": "Other",
"V3A00Y": "No source",
"V3A00Z": "Any source",
"V3A01": "Before the sterilization operation, whether the respondent was told that sterilization would mean no more children. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Informed choice BASE: For V3A02 to V3A07 is current users of selected methods and began their last episode of use since the start of the calendar.",
"V3A02": "Told about side effects or problems the respondent might have when first obtained the method she is currently using. BASE: Women who are not currently using the pill, IUD, injectables or implants (V312 = 1, 2, 3 or 11) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A03": "Told about side effects by health or FP worker BASE: Women who were not told about the side effects or problems of their current method (V3A02 = 0) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A04": "Told how to deal with side effects BASE: Women who were told about side effects when they first obtained the method or by a family planning worker (V3A02 = 1 or V3A03 = 1) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A05": "Told about the availability of other FP methods than the one she is using. BASE: Women who are currently using a modern method excluding male sterilization, male condom and lactational amenorrhea (V313 = 1 & V312 <> 5, 6 and 13) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A06": "Told about other FP methods by health or FP worker BASE: Women who are not currently using male condom, periodic abstinence, withdrawal, lactational amenorrhea or any other traditional method (V312= 5, 8, 9, 10 or 13) or where never told about the availability of other FP methods than the once she is using (V3A05 = 0) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A07": "First source for current method. This variable is grouped into 4 major categories: Public sector \n10 Private medical \n20 Other private \n30 96 \nOther BASE: Women who are currently using a contraceptive method excluding lactational amenorrhea, periodic abstinence or withdrawal (V312 <> 0, 8 or 9) and the base for the questions on informed choice.",
"V3A08A-Z": "Reason for not using. This question has multiple coding categories and each category is recorded separately in these variables. Most of the categories are standard (VA008A-V). However, room has been left for country-specific categories (VA008W-VA008AD). Any category not used in a particular country is left blank. BASE: Women who do not want another child (V602 = 3), who are not currently using a contraceptive method (V602 = 0), are not pregnant (V213 = 0), who want to wait more than 2 years before the birth of (another) child (V603 > 123 & V603 <> 201) and who had sex during the last year (V527 < 311).",
"V3A08A": "Not married",
"V3A08B": "Not having sex",
"V3A08C": "Infrequent sex",
"V3A08D": "Menopausal/hysterectomy",
"V3A08E": "Subfecund/infecund",
"V3A08F": "Postpartum amenorrheic",
"V3A08G": "Breastfeeding",
"V3A08H": "Fatalistic",
"V3A08I": "Respondent opposed",
"V3A08J": "Husband/partner opposed",
"V3A08K": "Others opposed",
"V3A08L": "Religious prohibition",
"V3A08M": "Knows no method",
"V3A08N": "Knows no source",
"V3A08O": "Health concerns. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire and is joined with V3A08P, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V3A08P": "Fear of side effects/Health concerns",
"V3A08Q": "Lack of access/too far",
"V3A08R": "Costs too much",
"V3A08S": "Inconvenient to use",
"V3A08T": "Interferes with the body’s processes",
"V3A08U": "Preferred method not available",
"V3A08V": "No method available",
"V3A08W": "Reason not using: Country specific",
"V3A08AA": "Reason not using: Country Specific",
"V3A08AB": "Reason not using: Country Specific",
"V3A08AC": "Reason not using: Country Specific",
"V3A08AD": "Reason not using: Country Specific",
"V3A08X": "Other",
"V3A08Z": "Don't know",
"V3A09A": "How many pill cycles did get last time. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Pill users (V312 = 1).",
"V3A09B": "How many condoms did get last time. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Condom users (V312 = 5)."
},
"REC41": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n68",
"MIDX": "Index to the birth history. All births in the last three/five years have entries in this section, and thus the index increases by one each entry. See the example maternity history below. For twins the information in their entries will be identical for all variables relating to prenatal care. BASE: Generally children born in the 5 years (B19 < 60). Tetanus toxicoid.",
"M1": "The number of tetanus toxicoid injections given during the last pregnancy to avoid convulsions after birth. This variable indicated whether the respondent received a tetanus toxicoid injection during the pregnancy for DHS-I countries. BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M1A": "Tetanus injections before pregnancy. BASE: Women who received no or one tetanus toxicoid injection, or do not know the number of injections, during last pregnancy (M1 = 1 or M1 = 1 or M1 = 8).",
"M1B": "Month last tetanus injection before pregnancy. Women who received a tetanus toxicoid injection before the last birth were asked this question in DHS V. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M1C": "Year last tetanus injection before pregnancy. Women who received a tetanus toxicoid injection before the last birth were asked this question in DHS V. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M1D": "Years ago received last tetanus injection before last pregnancy. BASE: Women who received a tetanus toxicoid injection before the last birth were asked this question.",
"M1E": "Last tetanus injection before last pregnancy (CMC). BASE: Women who received a tetanus toxicoid injection before the last birth were asked this question. Prenatal care",
"M2A-N": "The type of person who gave prenatal care to the respondent prior to the last birth. This question has multiple coding categories and each category is recorded separately in these variables. A few of the categories are standard (M2A, G, K, N), however room has been left for country-specific categories (M2B, C, D, E, F, H, I, J, L, M). Any category not used in a particular country is left blank. BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M2A": "Doctor.",
"M2B": "Country-specific health professional.",
"M2C": "Country-specific health professional.",
"M2D": "Country-specific health professional.",
"M2E": "Country-specific health professional.",
"M2F": "Country-specific health professional.",
"M2G": "Traditional birth attendant",
"M2H": "Country-specific other person",
"M2I": "Country-specific other person",
"M2J": "Country-specific other person",
"M2K": "Other responses",
"M2L": "Country-specific other",
"M2M": "Country-specific other",
"M2N": "No one Delivery care",
"M3A-N": "The type of person who assisted with the delivery of the child. The coding of these variables is the same as for M2A-N.",
"M4": "The duration of breastfeeding of the child in months. Prior to DHS VI, the maximum period allowed during the data editing was the interval between the date of birth of the child and the date of interview. Cases which exceeded this duration were left with the original response, but are coded with one of the flag codes on variable M27 and were set to code 97 \"Inconsistent\" on variable M5. The code 96 (breastfed until died) is no longer used. Since DHS VI, the question on the duration of breastfeeding in months is no longer part of the core questionnaire. Information on duration of breastfeeding in months is therefore no longer available for children who were ever breastfed, but are not currently being breastfed. These cases were set to”93”.",
"M5": "The calculated months of breastfeeding gives the duration of breastfeeding as in M4, but with the duration calculated if the respondent is still breastfeeding the child or the child was breastfed until it died. Inconsistent durations based on the original reporting of the duration of breastfeeding are recoded to 97. In cases where the duration was one month longer than the interval the duration was shortened by one month, consistent with the \"Rule of one\" applied in DHS I. If the duration of breastfeeding exceeded the age of death of the child, the duration of breastfeeding was changed to the age at death of the child. Since DHS VI, the question on \nthe duration of breastfeeding \nin months \nis no \nlonger part of \nthe core questionnaire. Information on duration of breastfeeding in months is therefore no longer available for children who were ever breastfed, but are not currently being breastfed. These cases were set to “93”",
"M6": "The duration of postpartum amenorrhea after the birth of the child in months. The maximum period allowed during the data editing was the interval between the date of birth of the child and the date of conception of the following child (date birth less nine months was used for the date of conception) or the date of interview if there was no following birth. Cases which exceeded this duration were left with the original response, but are coded with one of the flag codes on variable M28 and were set to code 97 \"Inconsistent\" on variable M7.",
"M7": "The calculated months of postpartum amenorrhea give the duration of amenorrhea as in M6, but with the duration calculated if the period did not return after the birth and before the following birth or the date of interview. Inconsistent durations based on the original reporting of the duration of amenorrhea are recoded to 97. In cases where the duration was one month longer than the interval the duration was shortened by one month, consistent with the \"Rule of one\" applied in DHS I.",
"M8": "The duration of postpartum abstinence after the birth of the child in months. The maximum period allowed is calculated in the same way as for M6 and cases exceeding this duration were left with the original response, but are coded with one of the flag codes on variable M29 and are coded 97 \"Inconsistent\" on M9.",
"M9": "The calculated months of postpartum abstinence give the duration of abstinence as in M8, but with the duration calculated if the respondent was still abstaining after the birth. Inconsistent durations based on the original reporting of the duration of abstinence are recoded to 97. In cases where the duration was one month longer than the interval the duration was shortened by one month, consistent with the \"Rule of one\" applied in DHS I.",
"M10": "Whether the child was wanted at the time of pregnancy, whether the child was wanted, but later, or whether the child was not wanted at all.",
"M11": "For women who wanted the child later, how much longer the respondent would have preferred to wait. The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave her answer, code 1 indicates a response in months, code 2 in years, with 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer. BASE: Women who wanted the child later (M10 = 2).",
"M13": "Timing of first antenatal visit for the pregnancy is given in months from the start of the pregnancy. BASE: Women who had seen someone for antenatal care for their last born child (MIDX = 1 & M2N <> 1).",
"M14": "Number of antenatal visits during the pregnancy. Women who did not see anyone for antenatal care during the pregnancy are coded 0. BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M15": "Place of delivery of the child. Coding categories are standard and are constructed with a major category for the first digit and a minor category for the second digit. Country-specific codes are added under the respective major coding categories as needed. For example \"Home of traditional birth attendant\" would be coded 13 since the category relates to a home (major category 1) and categories 11 and 12 are already used as standard categories.",
"M17": "Whether child was born by caesarian section",
"M17A": "Timing on decision for caesarean section BASE: Women who had a caesarian section (M17 = 1).",
"M18": "Size of child as reported subjectively by the respondent",
"M19": "Weight of child at birth given in kilograms with three implied decimal places (or grams with no decimal places). Children who were not weighed are coded 9996. In some countries, the birth weight was collected in grams, i.e. a total of four digits, whereas other countries collected the weight in kilograms to one decimal place, i.e. a total of two digits. In the latter case, the third and fourth digits are set to zeros. In a few countries, the weight was collected in pounds and/or ounces. For these countries, the original weight variables are stored as a country-specific variable and this variable contains the weight converted to kilograms.",
"M19A": "Whether the weight at birth (variable M19) was recorded from a health card (code 1) or from the mother’s recall (code 2). Children who were not weighed at birth are coded 0.",
"M27": "Flag variable for breastfeeding, indicating types of problems found in editing the duration of breastfeeding. Since DHS VI, the question on the duration of breastfeeding in months is no longer part of the core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M28": "Flag variable for postpartum amenorrhea, indicating types of problems found in editing the duration of postpartum amenorrhea.",
"M29": "Flag variable for postpartum abstinence, indicating types of problems found in editing the duration of postpartum abstinence. Codes for these flag variables are as follows: 0 \nNo problem. 1 \nDuration exceeds interval between birth and succeeding birth (for amenorrhea and abstinence) or date of interview (for breastfeeding). 2 \nDuration exceeds interval but only by one month. In DHS I the duration would have been modified to fit the interval in this case. This modification is made to the calculated months of postpartum amenorrhea (M7), postpartum abstinence (M9) or breastfeeding (M5) starting from DHS III. 3 \nDuration of breastfeeding exceeds the age at death of the child.",
"M34": "Time after the birth at which the respondent first breastfed the child. The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave her answer. Code 0 means the child was breastfed immediately after birth, code 1 indicates the response was in hours, code 2 in days, with code 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer. The response \"Immediately\" is recorded as 000. BASE: Last born children who were ever breastfed (MIDX = 1 & M4 <> 94).",
"M35": "Number of times the child was breastfed during the previous night. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Children still being breastfed (M4 = 95).",
"M36": "Number of times the child was breastfed during the daylight hours the previous day. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Children still being breastfed (M4 = 95).",
"M38": "Whether the child drank anything from a bottle with a nipple during the previous day and night. BASE: Living children (B5(MIDX) = 1).",
"M39": "The number of times the children received anything to eat, aside from breast milk, including both meals and snacks. Children who are being exclusively breastfed are coded 0. BASE: Youngest children under 24 (36) months living with their mother (B5(1) = 1 & B9(1) = 0 & B19(1) < 24).",
"M39A": "The child ate any solid, semi-solid or soft foods yesterday BASE: Youngest children under 24 (36) months living with their mother (B5(1) = 1 & B9(1) = 0 & B19(1) < 24) Care given during the last antenatal visit for the pregnancy BASE: For M42A to M42E is women who had seen someone for antenatal care for their last born child (MIDX = 1 & M2N <> 1).",
"M42A": "During pregnancy – weighed. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M42B": "During pregnancy - height measured. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M42C": "During pregnancy - blood pressure taken",
"M42D": "During pregnancy - urine sample taken",
"M42E": "During pregnancy - blood sample taken Pregnancy complications BASE: Last births under 36 (60) months. These questions are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M43": "Told about pregnancy complications at the time of last antenatal visit",
"M44": "Told where to go for pregnancy complications Iron supplementation BASE: Last births under 36 (60) months",
"M45": "During pregnancy, given or bought iron tablets/syrup",
"M46": "Days tablets or syrup taken BASE: Last births who were given iron tablets/syrup (MIDX = 1 & M45 = 1) Vision during pregnancy BASE: Last births under 36 (60) months. These questions are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M47": "During pregnancy, had difficulty with daylight vision",
"M48": "During pregnancy, had difficulty with night blindness Medication taken to prevent from Malaria BASE: In the DHS VII core questionnaire use of SP/Fansidar by the mother was asked for last births. Other malaria medications (M49B – M49Z) were removed but kept in the DHV VII recode.",
"M49A": "During pregnancy - took SP/Fansidar for Malaria",
"M49B": "During pregnancy - took Chloroquine for Malaria",
"M49C": "During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria",
"M49D": "During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria",
"M49E": "During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria",
"M49F": "During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria",
"M49G": "During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria",
"M49X": "During pregnancy - took other drug for Malaria",
"M49Y": "During pregnancy took: no drug for malaria",
"M49Z": "During pregnancy - took don’t know for Malaria",
"M54": "Received Vitamin A dose in first 2 months after delivery. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M55": "Given child anything other than breast milk BASE: Last born children who were ever breastfed (MIDX = 1 & M4 <> 94). Liquids given before milk began to flow These questions are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M55A": "First 3 days, given milk other than breast milk",
"M55B": "First 3 days, given plain water",
"M55C": "First 3 days, given sugar/glucose water",
"M55D": "First 3 days, given gripe water",
"M55E": "First 3 days, given sugar/salt/water solution",
"M55F": "First 3 days, given fruit juice",
"M55G": "First 3 days, given infant formula",
"M55H": "First 3 days, given tea/infusions",
"M55I": "First 3 days, given honey",
"M55J": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55K": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55L": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55M": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55N": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55O": "First 3 days, given country specific",
"M55X": "First 3 days, given other",
"M55Z": "First 3 days, given nothing Place for antenatal care Women who received antenatal care were asked about the place where they received an antenatal care. BASE: Women who had seen someone for antenatal care for their last born child (MIDX = 1 & M2N <> 1).",
"M57A": "Your home",
"M57B": "Other home",
"M57C": "Country specific home",
"M57D": "Country specific home",
"M57E": "Government hospital",
"M57F": "Country specific public",
"M57G": "Country specific public",
"M57H": "Country specific public",
"M57I": "Country specific public",
"M57J": "Country specific public",
"M57K": "Country specific public",
"M57L": "Country specific public",
"M57M": "Private hospital/clinic",
"M57N": "Country specific private medical",
"M57O": "Country specific private medical",
"M57P": "Country specific private medical",
"M57Q": "Country specific private medical",
"M57R": "Country specific private medical",
"M57S": "Country specific other",
"M57T": "Country specific other",
"M57U": "Country specific other",
"M57V": "Country specific other",
"M57X": "Other",
"M60": "Drugs for intestinal parasites BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M61": "Time spent at place of delivery BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey delivered in a health facility (MIDX = 1 & M15 <> 11 & M15 <> 12 & M15 <> 96). Postpartum checkup for mothers in a health facility after delivery and before discharge BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey delivered in a health facility (MIDX = 1 & M15 <> 11 & M15 <> 12 & M15 <> 96).",
"M62": "Anyone checked respondent health before discharge",
"M63": "How long before discharging respondent health check took place. This variable existed in DHS V recode and is kept in DHS VII recode but not in DHS VI recode. BASE: Someone checked before discharge (M62 = 1).",
"M64": "Who checked respondent health before discharge from health facility? This variable existed in DHS V recode and is kept in DHS VII recode but not in DHS VI recode. BASE: Someone checked before discharge (M62 = 1). Reason for not delivering in a health facility These questions are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"M65A": "Cost too much",
"M65B": "Facility not open",
"M65C": "Too far/no transport",
"M65D": "Don't trust facility/poor service",
"M65E": "No female provider",
"M65F": "Husband/family didn't allow",
"M65G": "Not necessary",
"M65H": "Not customary",
"M65I": "Country specific",
"M65J": "Country specific",
"M65K": "Country specific",
"M65L": "Country specific",
"M65X": "Other. Postpartum check-up of mother after discharge or delivery at home BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M66": "After discharge/delivery at home anyone checked respondent health",
"M67": "How long after discharge/delivery at home respondent health check took place. This variable existed in DHS V recode and is kept in DHS VII recode but not in DHS VI recode. BASE: Someone checked respondent’s health after discharge or delivery at home (M66 = 1).",
"M68": "Who checked respondent health after discharge/delivery at home took place. This variable existed in DHS V recode and is kept in DHS VII recode but not in DHS VI recode. BASE: Someone checked respondent’s health after discharge or delivery at home (M66 = 1).",
"M69": "Where respondent check after discharge/delivery at home took place. This variable existed in DHS V recode and is kept in DHS VII recode but not in DHS VI recode. BASE: Someone checked respondent’s health after discharge or delivery at home (M66 = 1). Newborn check up BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M70": "Baby postnatal check within 2 months",
"M71": "How long after delivery postnatal check took place BASE: Received postnatal check within 2 months (M70 = 1).",
"M72": "Who performed postnatal checkup. This variable is grouped into 3 major categories: 10 \nMedical personnel 20 \nOther person 96 \nOther BASE: Received postnatal check within 2 months (M70 = 1).",
"M73": "Where was the baby checked for the first time. This variable is grouped into 4 major categories: 10 \nHome 20 \nPublic sector 30 \nPrivate sector 96 \nOther BASE: Received postnatal check within 2 months (M70 = 1). Newborn check-up before discharge from health facility BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey delivered in a health facility (MIDX = 1 & M15 <> 11 & M15 <> 12 & M15 <> 96).",
"M74": "Whether the child’s health was checked before discharge",
"M75": "When the child’s health was checked before discharge BASE: children checked before discharge from health facility (M74 = 1).",
"M76": "Who checked child health before discharge BASE: children checked before discharge from health facility (M74 = 1).",
"M77": "Whether the child was put on mother’s chest and bare skin after birth Health provider’s service during the first 2 days after the child’s birth BASE: Last births in the three/five years before the survey (MIDX = 1).",
"M78A": "Examined cord",
"M78B": "Measured temperature",
"M78C": "Counselled on newborn dangers",
"M78D": "Counselled on breastfeeding",
"M78E": "Observed breastfeeding",
"M78F": "Country specific",
"M78G": "Country specific",
"M78H": "Country specific",
"M78I": "Country specific",
"M78J": "Country specific"
},
"REC42": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n78",
"V401": "Whether the last child born in the last three/five years was born by caesarean section. BASE: Respondents who have had one or more births in the three/five years preceding the survey (V417 > 0).",
"V404": "Whether the respondent is currently breastfeeding a child. This is based on the entries in the maternity history for children born in the last three/five years. If no child was born in the last three/five years, the respondent is assumed not to be breastfeeding. This variable is created by looking for any child which is still being breastfed, and not just whether the last child is being breastfed. BASE: All respondents.",
"V405": "Whether the respondent is currently postpartum amenorrheic. This variable is created from the maternity history by checking if the period returned after the last birth. If the woman is currently pregnant then she is coded as not currently amenorrheic, irrespective of whether her period returned after the last birth. If there are no births in the last three/five years then this variable is coded 0 \"Not currently amenorrheic.\" BASE: All respondents.",
"V406": "Whether the respondent is currently postpartum abstaining. This variable is created from the maternity history by checking if the respondent has resumed sexual relations since the last birth. If there are no births in the last three/five years then this variable is coded 0 \"Not currently abstaining.\" BASE: All respondents.",
"V407": "Number of times the last child was breastfed during the previous night. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents still breastfeeding the last child (V404 = 1).",
"V408": "Number of times the last child was breastfed during the daylight hours the previous day. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents still breastfeeding the last child (V404 = 1). Foods given to the child in the last 24 hours: Questions pertaining to V409A, V410A, V412, V412B, V414Q and V414R are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: At least one child born in the last two/three years and living with the respondent (B19 < 24 and B9 = 0).",
"V409": "Plain water",
"V409A": "Sugar water",
"V410": "Juice",
"V410A": "Tea or coffee",
"V411": "Powdered, tinned milk or fresh animal milk",
"V411A": "Infant formula",
"V412": "Fresh milk",
"V412A": "Any fortified baby food",
"V412B": "Other porridge/gruel",
"V412C": "Clear broth",
"V413": "Other liquid",
"V413A-D": "Country-specific other liquids",
"V414A-D": "Country-specific foods",
"V414E": "Bread, rice, noodles, porridge, or other foods made from grains.",
"V414F": "White potatoes, white yams, manioc, cassava or other food made from roots",
"V414G": "Eggs",
"V414H": "Any meat (beef, pork, lamb, goat, chicken or duck)",
"V414I": "Pumpkin, carrots, squash or sweet potatoes (yellow or orange inside)",
"V414J": "Any dark green leafy vegetables",
"V414K": "Ripe mangoes, papayas, other vitamin A fruits",
"V414L": "Any other fruits or vegetables",
"V414M": "Liver, heart, other organ meats",
"V414N": "Fresh or dried fish or shellfish",
"V414O": "Food made from beans, peas, lentils, nuts",
"V414P": "Cheese or other food made with milk",
"V414Q": "Oil, fats, butter, products made of them",
"V414R": "Chocolates, sweets, candies, pastries, etc.",
"V414S": "Other solid-semisolid food",
"V414T": "Country specific foods",
"V414U": "Country specific foods",
"V414V": "Yogurt",
"V414W": "Country specific foods",
"V415": "Whether the child drank anything from a bottle with a nipple the previous day and night. BASE: Respondents whose last child born in the last three/five years was still alive (V417 > 0 & B5(1) = 1).",
"V416": "Whether the respondent has heard of the special-named oral rehydration product for treating children with diarrhea. This variable is coded 1 if the respondent had used the ORS product to treat a child in the previous two weeks, 2 if the respondent had heard of the ORS product. BASE: All respondents.",
"V417": "Number of entries in the pregnancy and postnatal care history",
"V418": "Number of entries in the immunization history",
"V418A": "Number of entries in the child health history",
"V419": "Number of entries in the height and weight table BASE: All respondents.",
"V420": "Code assigned to the person measuring the children for the height and weight section. Codes are country-specific. BASE: Respondents living in households selected for height and weight measurement.",
"V421": "Code assigned to the assistant measurer. Codes are country-specific. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents living in households selected for height and weight measurement who had given birth to a child in the last three/five years (V417 > 0).",
"V426": "Time after the birth at which the respondent first breastfed the last child. The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave her answer. Code 0 means the child was breastfed immediately after birth, code 1 indicates the response was in hours, code 2 in days, with code 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer. The response \"Immediately\" is recorded as 000. BASE: Respondents whose last child born in the last three/five years was ever breastfed. (V417 > 0 & M4(1) <> 94). Anthropometry Data on maternal anthropometry is only collected for mothers of children born in the three/five years preceding the survey (months 0 to 59 before the survey). BASE: Respondents living in households selected for height and weight measurement. The BASE for V439 through V446 is further restricted to respondents with a valid measurement for both height and weight (V447 = 1).",
"V437": "Weight of the respondent in kilograms. There is one implied decimal place in the weight (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the weight in kilograms, divide V437 by 10.",
"V438": "Height of the respondent in centimeters. There is one implied decimal place in the height (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the height in centimeters, divide V438 by 10.",
"V439": "Height for Age percentile.",
"V440": "Height for Age standard deviations from the reference median.",
"V441": "Height for Age percent of reference median.",
"V442": "Weight for Height percent of reference median based on DHS reference standard.",
"V443": "Weight for Height percent of reference median based on Metropolitan Life or Foggarty reference standard.",
"V444": "Weight for Height percent of reference median based on WHO reference standard. The NCHS/FELS/CDC reference standard only contains data for children up to the age of 18 years. For all women aged 18 and over, the value of 215 months (17 years, 11 months) is used for their age, on the assumption that women are fully grown by the age of 18. Weight- for-age indices are not included as the weight of an adult woman is very dependent on her height. For the weight-for-height indicators, the CDC standard only applies up to a height of 137 centimeters, and almost all adult women are taller than this height. For this reason the weight-for-height Z-scores and percentiles are not available. However, three measures of percent of reference median are included, one based on the Metropolitan Life or Foggarty standard, the second based on the WHO standard and a third based on a DHS standard. These indices have been adjusted for pregnant women according to duration of pregnancy. The anthropometric indices above are based on the CDC Standard Deviation-derived Growth Reference Curves derived from the NCHS/FELS/CDC Reference Population. The measures",
"V444A": "Weight for Height standard deviations from the reference median based on the DHS reference standard.",
"V445": "Body mass index (BMI), or Quetelet's index, for the respondent is defined as her weight in kilograms divided by the square of her height in meters (W/H2). There are two implied decimal place in the BMI (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the BMI divide by 100. The BMI has not been adjusted for pregnant women.",
"V446": "Rohrer's index for the respondent is defined as her weight in kilograms divided by her height in meters cubed (W/H3). There are two implied decimal place in the Rohrer's index (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the Rohrer's index divide by 100. The Rohrer's index has not been adjusted for pregnant women.",
"V447": "Result of height and weight measurement of the respondent. Fully measured women are coded 0, and reasons for not measuring the respondent are coded 2 and above (see HW13). BASE: All respondents.",
"V447A": "Women's age in years from household report BASE: Respondents living in households selected for height and weight measurement.",
"V452A": "Under age 18 from household questionnaire. BASE: Respondents living in households selected for height and weight measurement.",
"V452B": "Respondents aged 15-17 who were never in a union have their caretaker line number (parent/responsible adult) collected and used for getting the consent to draw blood for anemia testing. BASE: Respondents aged 15-17 and never in union (HA50 = 1 and HA60 = 1) Anemia testing BASE: The base for anemia variables V452C through V458 is respondents living in households selected for anemia testing (V042 = 1).",
"V452C": "Read consent statement. A consent statement is read to the respondent for agreement before taking a sample of blood.",
"V453": "Hemoglobin level (g/dl - 1 decimal)",
"V454": "Currently pregnant (household report)",
"V455": "Result of measuring (Hemoglobin)",
"V456": "Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitude (g/dl - 1 decimal)",
"V457": "Anemia level",
"V458": "Agrees to referral. In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Bednets in the household",
"V459": "Have bednet for sleeping (household report) BASE: All respondents.",
"V460": "Children under 5 slept under bednet last night (HH report HV228) BASE: Respondents in households with children under age 5 in the household",
"V461": "Respondent slept under bednet BASE: All respondents.",
"V462": "The respondent washed hands before preparing last meal. This questions is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Tobacco use BASE: The base for tobacco use variables V463A through V63AB is all respondents. Type of tobacco the respondent currently smokes:",
"V463A": "Cigarettes",
"V463B": "Pipe full of tobacco",
"V463C": "Chewing tobacco",
"V463D": "Snuff by nose",
"V463E": "Kreteks",
"V463F": "Cigars, cheroots or cigarillos",
"V463G": "Water pipe",
"V463H": "Snuff by mouth",
"V463I": "Betel quid with tobacco",
"V463J": "Country specific",
"V463K": "Country specific",
"V463L": "Country specific",
"V463X": "Smokes other",
"V463Z": "Does not smoke",
"V463AA": "Frequency of smoking cigarettes",
"V463AB": "Frequency of current use of other types of tobacco",
"V464": "Number of cigarettes in last 24 hours BASE: Respondents smoking cigarettes every day (V463AA = 1).",
"V465": "Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet. BASE: Respondents with children under age 2 living with them (B19 < 14 and B9 = 0).",
"V466": "When child is seriously ill, the respondent can decide by herself whether or not the child should be taken for medical treatment. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents with children living with them. Getting medical care for herself In case where the respondent is sick, this set of questions give an answer to the major problems preventing her from getting medical advice or treatment. The questions pertaining to V467A, V467E, V467G, V467H and V467I are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V467A": "Knowing where to go",
"V467B": "Getting permission to go",
"V467C": "Getting money needed for treatment",
"V467D": "Distance to the health facility",
"V467E": "Having to take transport",
"V467F": "Not wanting to go alone",
"V467G": "Concern that there may not be a female health provider",
"V467H": "Concern that there may not be a provider",
"V467I": "Concern that there may not be drugs available",
"V467J": "Country specific",
"V467K": "Country specific",
"V467L": "Country specific",
"V467M": "Country specific",
"V468": "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. \n This variable gives an indication on whether the questionnaire followed the standard or was changed to include more children. BASE: All respondents.",
"V469E": "Times gave child powdered/tinned/fresh milk BASE: Respondents who gave child powdered, tinned or fresh animal milk (V411 = 1).",
"V469F": "Times gave child infant formula BASE: Respondents who gave infant formula (V411A = 1).",
"V469X": "Times gave child yogurt BASE: Respondents who gave child yoghurt (V414V = 1). Feeding practices for the respondent The questions pertaining to V471A to V471U are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Mothers of children under 36 months living with the respondent",
"V471A": "Mother had tinned, powdered or fresh milk",
"V471B": "Mother had tea or coffee",
"V471C": "Mother had any other liquid",
"V471D": "Mother had Country Specific liquid",
"V471E": "Mother had Country Specific liquid",
"V471F": "Mother had Country Specific liquid",
"V471G": "Mother had Country Specific liquid",
"V472A": "Mother had Country Specific foods",
"V472B": "Mother had Country Specific foods",
"V472C": "Mother had Country Specific foods",
"V472D": "Mother had Country Specific foods",
"V472E": "Mother had bread, noodles, other made from grains",
"V472F": "Mother had potatoes, cassava, or other tubers",
"V472G": "Mother had eggs",
"V472H": "Mother had meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken, etc)",
"V472I": "Mother had pumpink, carrots, squash (yellow or orange inside)",
"V472J": "Mother had any dark green leafy vegetables",
"V472K": "Mother had mangoes, papayas, other vitamin A fruits",
"V472L": "Mother had any other fuits",
"V472M": "Mother had liver, heart, other organs",
"V472N": "Mother had fish or shellfish",
"V472O": "Mother had food made from beans, peas, lentis, nuts",
"V472P": "Mother had cheese, yogurt , other milk products",
"V472Q": "Mother had oil, fats, butter, products made of them",
"V472R": "Mother had chocolates, sweets, candies, pastries, etc",
"V472S": "Mother had other solid-semisolid food",
"V472T": "Mother had Country Specific foods",
"V472U": "Mother had Country Specific foods HIV related variables. The actual outcome of the HIV test is not available in this data set. HIV results are not distributed with the DHS general data files, they are distributed in a separate file and users need to agree on special conditions to receive that data. BASE: The base for HIV variables V473A and V473B is respondents living in households selected for HIV anemia testing.",
"V473A": "Read consent statement (HIV)",
"V473B": "Result of measuring (HIV) Tuberculosis related variables. The tuberculosis questions pertaining to V474 through V476 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V474": "Heard of Tuberculosis or TB",
"V474A": "Air when coughing or sneezing",
"V474B": "Sharing utensils",
"V474C": "Touching a person with TB",
"V474D": "Tuberculosis spread through food",
"V474E": "Sexual contact",
"V474F": "Mosquito bites",
"V474G": "Country specific",
"V474H": "Country specific",
"V474I": "Country specific",
"V474J": "Country specific",
"V474X": "Other",
"V474Z": "Don't know",
"V475": "Can tuberculosis be cured",
"V476": "Keep secret when family member gets TB Injections last 12 months",
"V477": "Number of injections in last 12 months BASE: All respondents.",
"V478": "Injections administered by a health worker BASE: Number of respondents with at least 1 one injection (V477 <> 0).",
"V479": "Source for injection by health worker. This question is no longer part of DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V480": "The time the respondent got an injection, the health worker took the syringe and needle from a new, unopened package. BASE: Number of respondents with at least one injection administered by a health worker (V477 <> 0 and V479 <> 0). Health insurance related variables. BASE: The base for all health insurance related variables (V481 through V481X) is all",
"V481": "Covered by health insurance",
"V481A": "Mutual/community organization",
"V481B": "Provided by employer",
"V481C": "Social security",
"V481D": "Private/commercial purchased",
"V481E": "Country specific",
"V481F": "Country specific",
"V481G": "Country specific",
"V481H": "Country specific",
"V481X": "Other Child arrangements in case unable to care for children. The questions pertaining to V482A, V482B and V482C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V482A": "Arrange care of biological children under age 18",
"V482B": "Primary caregiver of children under age 18",
"V482C": "Arrange care of non-biological children < 18"
},
"REC43": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n82",
"HIDX": "Index to the birth history. All children born in the last three/five years have entries in this section. Children of multiple births each have their own entry as in the maternity history. BASE: Generally children born in the last 3 years (B19 < 36).",
"H1": "Whether the respondent has a health card for the child and whether she could produce it for the interviewer. Code 1 means the interviewer saw the health card for the child, whereas code 2 means the respondent reported she had a health card for the child but the interviewer did not see it. Code 3 indicates that the respondent had a health card for the child at some point in time, but no longer has the health card. The health card is used to verify whether specific vaccinations were given and to record the dates of vaccination of the children rather than asking the respondent to report vaccinations. BASE: Living children born in the last 3 years (B19 < 36 and B5 = 1).",
"H1A": "Whether the respondent has a health card or other vaccination document BASE: Living children born in the last 3 years (B19 < 36 and B5 = 1).",
"H2": "Whether a date of vaccination was recorded on the health card for BCG. Code 1 means the child has a date recorded for the vaccination. Code 2 is used to indicate that the respondent reported that the child had received the vaccination although the health card was not seen or did not exist, or the vaccination was not recorded on the health card, but was reported by the mother. Code 3 is used to indicate situations where the health card is clearly marked to indicate that the vaccination was given, but no date was recorded on the health card for the vaccination. BASE: The base for H2, H3, H4, H5, H6, H7, H8, H9, H9A, H0 is living children born in the last 3 years (B19 < 36 and B5 = 1). The base for H2D, H2M, H2Y is children with a vaccination date on their card (H2 = 1).",
"H2D": "BCG vaccination date - day.",
"H2M": "BCG vaccination date - month.",
"H2Y": "BCG vaccination date - year. This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"H3": "DPT 1 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H4": "Polio 1 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H5": "DPT 2 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H6": "Polio 2 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H7": "DPT 3 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H8": "Polio 3 vaccination. \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H9": "Measles 1 vaccination. As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y. There was only one measles vaccination prior to the DHS VII recode.",
"H9A": "Measles 2 vaccination. As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H0": "Polio 0 (at birth) \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y. If the vaccination date reported is inconsistent with the date of birth or the date of interview or with the dates of other vaccinations part or all of the date of vaccination may be set to 97 \"Inconsistent.\" BASE: The base for H2D, H2M and H2Y is children who have the vaccination recorded on the health card (H2 = 1). The same holds for the day, month and year of the other vacation variables.",
"H10": "Whether the child ever received any vaccination to prevent him/her from getting diseases. This variable comes from a single question in the questionnaires, which is used if the respondent does not have a health card for the child, and is not a summary of the preceding variables. BASE: Children whose mother could not produce a health card (H1 = 0 or H1 = 2 or H1 = 3). Vitamin A vaccination",
"H33": "Received Vitamin A1. \n \nAs for H2.",
"H33D": "Vitamin A1 vaccination date - day \nAs for H2D.",
"H33M": "Vitamin A1 vaccination date - month \nAs for H2M.",
"H33Y": "Vitamin A1 vaccination date - year \nAs for H2Y. Vaccination campaigns Questions pertaining to H35 to H36F are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H35": "Any vaccinations in the last 2 years given as part of a national immunization day campaign",
"H36A": "Vaccinated during Campaign A",
"H36B": "Vaccinated during Campaign B",
"H36C": "Vaccinated during Campaign C",
"H36D": "Vaccinated during Campaign D",
"H36E": "Vaccinated during Campaign E",
"H36F": "Vaccinated during Campaign F BASE for H36A-F: Vaccination campaigns conducted in the area (H35 = 1). Vitamin A second most recent vaccination Questions pertaining to H40 to H40Y are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H40": "Received Vitamin A2. \nAs for H2.",
"H40D": "Vitamin A2 vaccination date - day \nAs for H2D.",
"H40M": "Vitamin A2 vaccination date - month \nAs for H2M.",
"H40Y": "Vitamin A2 vaccination date - year \nAs for H2Y. Vitamin A",
"H41A": "Received vitamin A after most recent in card",
"H41B": "Ever received Vitamin A dose Hepatitis B at birth",
"H50": "Received Hepatitis B at birth \n \nAs for H2.",
"H50D": "Hepatitis B at birth vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H50M": "Hepatitis B at birth vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H50Y": "Hepatitis B at birth vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y. Pentavalent",
"H51": "Received Pentavalent 1 \nAs for H2.",
"H51D": "Pentavalent 1 vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H51M": "Pentavalent 1 vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H51Y": "Pentavalent 1 vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y.",
"H52": "Pentavalent 2 vaccination \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H53": "Pentavalent 3 vaccination \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y Pneumococcal",
"H54": "Received Pneumococcal 1 \nAs for H2.",
"H54D": "Pneumococcal 1 vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H54M": "Pneumococcal 1 vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H54Y": "Pneumococcal 1 vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y.",
"H55": "Pneumococcal 2 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H56": "Pneumococcal 3 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y. Rotavirus",
"H57": "Received Rotavirus 1 \nAs for H2.",
"H57D": "Rotavirus 1 vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H57M": "Rotavirus 1 vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H57Y": "Rotavirus 1 vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y.",
"H58": "Rotavirus 2 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H59": "Rotavirus 3 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y. Polio inactive",
"H60": "Received Polio inactive \nAs for H2.",
"H60D": "Polio inactive vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H60M": "Polio inactive vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H60Y": "Polio inactive vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y. Hepatitis B 1",
"H61": "Received Hepatitis B 1 \nAs for H2.",
"H61D": "Hepatitis B 1 vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H61M": "Hepatitis B 1 vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H61Y": "Hepatitis B 1 vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y.",
"H62": "Hepatitis B 2 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H63": "Hepatitis B 3 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y. HiB 1",
"H64": "Received Hib 1 \nAs for H2.",
"H64D": "Hib 1 vaccination date – day \nAs for H2D.",
"H64M": "Hib 1 vaccination date – month \nAs for H2M.",
"H64Y": "Hib 1 vaccination date – year \nAs for H2Y.",
"H65": "Hib 2 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H66": "Hib 3 \nAs for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.",
"H80A": "In the last 7 days given: LOCAL NAME for multiple micronutrient powder",
"H80B": "In the last 7 days given: LOCAL NAME for ready to use therapeutic food",
"H80C": "In the last 7 days given: LOCAL NAME for ready to use supplementary food",
"H80D": "In the last 7 days given: country specific",
"H80E": "In the last 7 days given: country specific",
"H80F": "In the last 7 days given: country specific",
"H80G": "In the last 7 days given: country specific"
},
"REC4A": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n89",
"HIDXA": "Index to the birth history. All children born in the last years have entries in this section. Children of multiple births each have their own entry as in the maternity history. BASE: Children born in the last 5 years (B19 < 60). Diarrhea Variables H11 to H21 relate to the prevalence and treatment of diarrhea. BASE: All living children born in the last five years for H11 (B19 < 60 and B5 = 1), and children having an episode of diarrhea in the last two weeks (H11 = 1 or H11 = 2) for H11B to H21.",
"H11": "Whether the child had diarrhea in the last 24 hours or within the last two weeks. Code 1 is country specific for surveys after DHS II. Code 1 indicates that the child had been ill in the last 24 hours; code 2 indicates that the child had been ill with diarrhea in the last two weeks. In case the question about diarrhea in the last 24 hours is used, the code 1 can be used, in this case the code 2 is used to indicate that the child had diarrhea the last two weeks but not in the last 24 hours otherwise the code 2 is for the last 2 weeks including the last 24 hours.",
"H11B": "Whether there was any blood in the stools. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H12A-X": "The place at which medical treatment or advice was sought for the last episode of diarrhea. This question has multiple coding categories and each category is recorded separately in these variables. A few of the categories are standard (H12A, J, K, L, X). However, room has been left for country-specific categories (H12B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W). Any category not used in a particular country is left blank. Public Sector.",
"H12A": "Government Hospital",
"H12B": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12C": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12D": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12E": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12F": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12G": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12H": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12I": "Country-specific public sector",
"H12J": "Private Hospital or Clinic",
"H12K": "Pharmacy",
"H12L": "Private Doctor",
"H12M": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12N": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12O": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12P": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12Q": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12R": "Country-specific medical private sector Other Private Sector.",
"H12S": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12T": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12U": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12V": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12W": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H12X": "Other",
"H12Y": "Whether no treatment or advice was sought for the diarrhea as reported by the respondent.",
"H12Z": "Whether the child was taken to a medical facility for treatment of the diarrhea. This usually includes being taken to all Public Sector facilities and all Medical Private Sector facilities except for Pharmacy. This variable is a summary of these preceding variables as is used in the final reports.",
"H13": "Whether the child received a sugar-salt-water solution from a special packet (ORS). H13 is coded 1 if the respondent spontaneously reported giving ORS to treat the diarrhea, and code 2 if it was reported only after probing. Code 1 is country specific for surveys after DHS-II.",
"H13B": "Given a pre-packaged ORS liquid.",
"H14": "Whether the child was given the recommended home solution. H14 is coded 1 if the respondent spontaneously reported giving the recommended home solution to treat the diarrhea, and code 2 if it was reported only after probing. Code 1 is country specific for surveys after DHS-II.",
"H15": "Whether the child was given antibiotic pills or syrups.",
"H15A": "Whether the child was given antimotility pills or syrups.",
"H15B": "Whether the child was given an antibiotic injection.",
"H15C": "Whether the child was given an IV (Intravenous feeding).",
"H15D": "Whether the child was given home remedies or herbal medicines.",
"H15E": "Whether the child was given zinc",
"H15F": "Whether the child was given other (not antibiotic, antimotility, zinc)",
"H15G": "Whether the child was given an unknown pill or syrup",
"H15H": "Whether the child was given not antibiotic injection",
"H15I": "Whether the child was given an unknown injection",
"H15J-M": "Country-specific other treatments",
"H20": "Whether the child received any other treatment.",
"H21A": "Whether the respondent reported that the child received no treatment.",
"H21": "Whether the child received any treatment or whether advice or treatment was sought for the child. This is a summary of the preceding variables H12A to H12Z, H13, H14, H15 to H15M and H20. Fever",
"H22": "Whether the child had fever in the last two weeks. Variables H31 to H32Z relate to the prevalence and treatment of cough in the two weeks preceding the interview. BASE: All living children born in the last five years for H22, H31, H31B and H34, and children suffering from fever or short rapid breaths or difficulty breathing in the last two weeks for H32A to H32Z and H37A to H37Z (H22 = 1 or H31B = 1).",
"H31": "Whether the child had suffered from a cough in the last two weeks and whether the child had been ill with the cough in the last 24 hours. Code 1 indicates that the child had been ill in the last 24 hours; code 2 indicates that the child had been ill with the cough in the last two weeks. Code 1 is country specific for surveys after DHS II. In case code 1 is used, code 2 indicates that the child had cough in last two weeks but not in the last 24 hours.",
"H31B": "Whether the child had suffered from rapid breathing. BASE: All living children born in the last 5 years. In previous recodes the base was restricted to children who had suffered from cough.",
"H31C": "Whether the child has a problem in the chest or a blocked or running nose.",
"H31D": "Amount offered to the child to drink. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H31E": "Amount offered to the child to eat. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H32A-X": "The place at which medical treatment or advice was sought for the last episode of fever and/or difficulty breathing. This question has multiple coding categories and each category is recorded separately in these variables. A few of the categories are standard (H32A, J, K, L, X). However, room has been left for country-specific categories (H32B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W). Any category not used in a particular country is left blank. Public Sector.",
"H32A": "Government Hospital",
"H32B": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32C": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32D": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32E": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32F": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32G": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32H": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32I": "Country-specific public sector",
"H32J": "Private Hospital or Clinic",
"H32K": "Pharmacy",
"H32L": "Private Doctor",
"H32M": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H32N": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H32O": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H32P": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H32Q": "Country-specific medical private sector",
"H32R": "Country-specific medical private sector Other Private Sector.",
"H32S": "Country-specific other private sector",
"H32T": "Country-specific other private sector",
"H32U": "Country-specific other private sector",
"H32V": "Country-specific other private sector",
"H32W": "Country-specific other private sector",
"H32X": "Other",
"H32Y": "Whether no treatment or advice was sought for the fever and/or cough as reported by the respondent.",
"H32Z": "Whether the child was taken to a medical facility for treatment of the fever and/or cough. This usually includes being taken to all Public Sector facilities and all Medical Private Sector facilities except for Pharmacy. This variable is a summary of these preceding variables as is used in the final reports.",
"H34": "Whether the respondent received or not a vitamin A dose in form of an ampoule, a capsule or syrup in last 6 months BASE: All living children born in the last five years (B19 < 60 and B5 = 1)",
"H37A": "SP/Fansidar",
"H37B": "Chloroquine",
"H37C": "Amodiaquine",
"H37D": "Quinine",
"H37DA": "Quinine injection/IV",
"H37E": "Combination with artemisinin",
"H37AA": "Artesunate rectal",
"H37AB": "Artesunate injection/IV",
"H37F": "Country specific antimalarial",
"H37G": "Country specific antimalarial",
"H37H": "Other antimalarial",
"H37I": "Antibiotic pills or syrup",
"H37J": "Antibiotic injection",
"H37K": "Aspirin",
"H37L": "Acetaminophen/paracetamol/panadol",
"H37M": "Ibuprofen",
"H37N": "Country specific",
"H37O": "Country specific",
"H37P": "Country specific",
"H37X": "Other",
"H37Y": "Nothing",
"H37Z": "Don't know if or what was taken Drinking and eating pattern during diarrhea",
"H38": "Amount offered to drink",
"H39": "Amount offered to eat BASE for H38 and H39: Diarrhea last two weeks (H11 = 1 or H11 = 2).",
"H42": "Taking iron pills, sprinkles with iron or iron syrup in the last 7 days BASE: All living children born in the last five years (B19 < 60 and B5 = 1)",
"H43": "Drugs for intestinal parasites in last 6 months BASE: All living children born in the last five years (B19 < 60 and B5 = 1) Diarrhea Questions pertaining to H44B, H44C and H45 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H44A": "Place first sought treatment for diarrhea BASE: Received diarrhea treatment (H12Y = 0).",
"H44B": "Days after diarrhea sought advice or treatment",
"H44C": "Still has diarrhea",
"H45": "Times zinc was given. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"H46A": "Place first sought treatment for fever of difficulty breathing",
"H46B": "Days after fever sought advice or treatment. This questions is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Children who received treatment for fever or difficulty breathing last 2 weeks (H32Y = 0).",
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"REC44": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n93",
"HWIDX": "Index to the birth history. All live births born in the specified period have entries in this section. BASE: All children born 0-59 months prior to the survey (B19(HWIDX) < 60.",
"HW1": "Age in months of the child is calculated from the country month code of the date of interview less the century month code of the date of birth of the child. BASE: All children born 0-59 months prior to the survey and alive with information from the household questionnaire (B19(HWIDX) < 60 and (B5(HWIDX = 1). Height and Weight",
"HW2": "Weight in kilograms. There is one implied decimal place in the weight (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the weight in kilograms divide HW2 by 10.",
"HW3": "Height in centimeters. There is one implied decimal place in the height (decimal points are not included in the data file). To produce the height in centimeters divide HW3 by 10. Height is supposed to be the recumbent length for children less than 24 months old and the standing height for children born 24 or more months prior to the interview.",
"HW4": "Height for Age percentile",
"HW5": "Height for Age standard deviations from the reference median",
"HW6": "Height for Age percent of reference median",
"HW7": "Weight for Age percentile",
"HW8": "Weight for Age standard deviations from the reference median",
"HW9": "Weight for Age percent of reference median",
"HW10": "Weight for Height percentile",
"HW11": "Weight for Height standard deviations from the reference median",
"HW12": "Weight for Height percent of reference median The measures above were calculated using the CDC Standard Deviation-derived Growth Reference Curves derived from the NCHS/FELS/CDC Reference Population. The measures are presented with two implied decimal places (no decimal points are included in the data file). To produce the actual measure, divide the variable by 100. If either the weight or the height of the child is missing then all of the above measures are set to the missing code 9999 or 99999. If either the height or the weight is outside of the",
"HW13": "Reason the child was not measured. Fully measured children are coded 0, dead children are coded 1, and other reasons for not measuring the child are coded 2 and above.",
"HW15": "Whether the child was measured lying down or standing up. In DHS surveys, children aged less than 24 months are to be measured lying down, children age 24 months or older are to be measured standing up. There may, however, be a considerable discrepancy between policy and practice!",
"HW16": "Day of birth of the child. This is used in conjunction with the date of measurement of the child to more finely calculate the age of the child in days when computing the anthropometric measures. This level of accuracy can be important in very young children. The age of the child calculated from the day of birth information is not used as a background characteristic for tabulations, but purely to produce a more accurate set of anthropometric indices.",
"HW17": "Day of measurement.",
"HW18": "Month of measurement.",
"HW19": "Year of measurement. This variable now occupies 4 digits. Hemoglobin Variables HW51 to HW58 are further restricted to households selected for hemoglobin measurement (V042 = 1)",
"HW51": "Line number of parent/caretaker",
"HW52": "Whether the consent to draw a droplet of blood was granted after reading a consent statement to a parent/responsible adult.",
"HW53": "Hemoglobin level in g/dl with 1 implied decimal",
"HW55": "Result of measuring (Hemoglobin). Fully measured children are coded 0, dead children are coded 1, and other reasons for not measuring the child are coded 2 and above.",
"HW56": "Hemoglobin level adjusted by altitude in g/dl with 1 implied decimal",
"HW57": "Anemia levels below 7.0 g/dl are considered as severe anemia, levels between 7.1g/dl and 9.9g/dl are considered as moderate anemia and cases between 10.0 g/dl and 10.9 g/dl are considered as mild anemia.",
"HW58": "Agrees to referral. In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up",
"HW70": "Height for age standard deviation (according to WHO)",
"HW71": "Weight for age standard deviation (according to WHO)",
"HW72": "Weight for height standard deviations (according to WHO)",
"HW73": "BMI standard deviations (according to WHO) The measures above were calculated using the new Child Growth Standards released by the World Health Organization on April 27 2006. The new Standards are the result of an intensive study initiated by WHO in 1997 to develop a new international standard for assessing the physical growth nutritional status and motor development in all children from birth to age five. WHO and its principal partner, the United Nations University, undertook a Multi-centre Growth Reference Study which is a community-based, multi-"
},
"REC51": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n96",
"V501": "Current marital status of the respondent",
"V502": "Whether the respondent is currently, formerly or never married (or lived with a partner). Currently married includes married women and women living with a partner, and formerly married includes widowed, divorced, separated women and women who have lived with a partner but are not now living with a partner.",
"V503": "Whether the respondent has been married or lived with a man once or more than once. BASE: Ever-married women (V501 <> 0).",
"V504": "Whether the partner lives in the household or is now living elsewhere. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V505": "Whether the respondent is in a polygynous union and the number of other wives the respondent's partner currently has. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V506": "The rank of the respondent among the partner's wives. BASE: Currently married or in union women in a polygynous union (V502 = 1 and V505 > 0). First marriage or union Variables V507 to V513 relate to the date of start of the first marriage or union. BASE: Ever-married women (V501 <> 0). The base for V513 is all women.",
"V507": "Month of start of first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates)",
"V508": "Year of start of first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates). This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"V509": "Century month code of the date of start of first marriage or union (see note on century month codes).",
"V510": "Completeness of information for the date of start of the first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates)",
"V511": "Age at start of first marriage or union is calculated from the century month code of the date of start of first marriage or union and the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent.",
"V512": "Years since start of first marriage or union is calculated from the century month code of the start of first marriage or union and the century month code of the date of interview.",
"V513": "Marital duration is actually the number of years elapsed since the start of the first marriage or union until the date of interview grouped into five-year groups, irrespective of whether the respondent is still married to her first partner.",
"V525": "Age at first sexual intercourse. Respondents who had never had sex are coded 0. The response category \"First sexual intercourse at first union\" has been added in DHS III.",
"V527": "Time since the last sexual relations as reported by the respondent. The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave her answer: 1 - Days ago, 2 - Weeks ago, 3 - Months ago, 4 - Years ago, with 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer.",
"V528": "Time since the last sexual intercourse in days is calculated from the preceding variable. Durations of more than 30 days are grouped into one category 31+. If the respondent said she had had sexual relations in the last four weeks, but replied that her last sexual intercourse was one month before the interview, then this is recoded to 30 days. Otherwise, one month is coded 31+ days.",
"V529": "Computed time since last sexual intercourse. This is computed from the responses for V527, with durations exceeding the interval since the last birth (V530 = 9) recoded as \"Before last birth\" and inconsistent responses flagged on variable V530 (codes 1-8) recoded to 97.",
"V530": "Flag variable indicating inconsistencies found in editing the responses for variable V527. 0 \nNo flag 1 \nDuration given is greater than the interval since the last birth and the respondent did not say, in the maternity section, that she was still abstaining from sexual relations since her last birth 2 \nDuration given plus the duration of abstinence after the last birth is greater than the interval since the last birth 3 \nDuration was reported, but the respondent had not resumed sexual intercourse since the last birth 4 \nRespondent reported her last intercourse was before her last birth, but she had never given birth 5 \nRespondent reported her last intercourse was before her last birth, but she was currently pregnant 6 \nRespondent reported her last intercourse was before her last birth, but reported in the maternity section that she had resumed sexual intercourse after her last birth 7 \nRespondent reported a duration since her last intercourse, but this would place her last intercourse before her last pregnancy 8 \nRespondent reported a duration since her last intercourse, but this response was inconsistent with her response concerning the number of times she had had sexual intercourse in the four weeks preceding the survey. 9 \nDuration was reported, but the duration would place her last sexual intercourse before her last birth.",
"V531": "Age at first sexual intercourse - imputed. This is the same as V525, except for respondents who reported that their first sexual intercourse was at the time of their union. For these cases, the age at first sex is taken from the age at first union. In cases where the age at first sex was inconsistent with the age at conception of the first child, but only by one year (V532 = 3), the age at first sex was reduced by one year, consistent with the \"Rule of one\" applied",
"V532": "Flag variable for inconsistencies found in editing the responses for V525. 0 \nNo flag 1 \nRespondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds her current age 2 \nRespondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of her first child 3 \nRespondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of her first child 4 \nRespondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but the respondent was never married 5 \nRespondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first marriage, but her first marriage occurred after the conception of her first child 6 \nRespondent reported her first sexual intercourse as being after her first marriage",
"V535": "Whether the respondent has ever been married or lived with a man. BASE: Women who are not currently married and not living with a man (V502 <> 1).",
"V536": "Recent sexual activity gives the sexual activity of the respondents during the last four weeks coded as follows: 0 \nNever had intercourse 1 \nActive in last 4 weeks 2 \nNot active in last 4 weeks - postpartum abstinence after the birth of the last child 3 \nNot active in last 4 weeks - not postpartum abstinence after the birth of the last child BASE: All women. Respondent who never had sex were coded 0.",
"V537": "Months of abstinence. Postpartum or not postpartum abstinence. The questions pertaining to V538, V539 and V540 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Women sexually active during the last 4 weeks (V536 = 2 or V536 = 3).",
"V538": "How previous marriage or union ended. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V539": "Person who received most of late husband's property. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V540": "Respondent received any of late husband's assets or valuables. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V541": "Intends to wait until marriage to have sex. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode."
},
"REC61": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n100",
"V602": "The “Fertility preferences” come primarily from a single question in the DHS V and DHS VII questionnaires. Women who respond that they want another child, but when asked when they would like the next child, respond that they cannot get pregnant, are classified in the \"declared infecund category\", and not in the \"Wants another\" category. These women can be identified in variable V616, where the original response to the question asking how long they would like to wait before having another child is recorded. In some countries, women who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to desire for future children, and are coded 6 on V602. BASE: All women.",
"V603": "Preferred waiting time before the birth of another child is created from a single question asking how long from the date of interview the respondent would like to wait before the birth of the next child. If the respondent answered \"Don't know\" or gave an \"Other\" answer when she was asked how long she would like to wait for her next child, she is no longer asked how old she would like her youngest child to be when the next child is born. In some countries there may be some additional non-numeric responses to the question of how long to wait before the next birth. These are assigned additional codes on a country-specific basis. BASE: All women who want another child (V602 = 1).",
"V604": "The preferred waiting time to the next birth is grouped into 12-month categories with responses of more than six years coded as 6+ years. Non-numeric responses are coded into one group (7 \"Non-numeric\"), but with \"Don't know\" and missing responses in their own categories (8 & 9). The additional response \"Soon/Now\" is not grouped with the other non- numeric codes, but is recoded as less than one year waiting time. BASE: All women who want another child (V602 = 1).",
"V605": "Desire for more children is a constructed variable classifying respondents who want more children by whether they want the next child soon (less than 2 years) or they want the next child later (2+ years). Sterilized women and women who want no more children are now recorded in separate categories. In some countries, women who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to desire for future children, and are coded 8 on V605. BASE: All women.",
"V613": "The ideal number of children that the respondent would have liked to have in her whole life, irrespective of the number she already has. In many countries it was possible for a respondent to reply to this question with a range of values, in which case this variable contains the midpoint between these values. If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half. In situations where a range of values was collected, the original variables are included as country-specific variables. In some countries, additional country-specific categories are included, such as \"It depends on God\" or \"As many as I can support\" and are given country-specific codes. BASE: All women.",
"V614": "This variable groups the preceding variable such that 6 or more children are in one category 6+ and all non-numeric responses are coded 7.",
"V616": "This variable records the original response to the question \"How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of another child?\" The first digit gives the units in which the respondent answered (1 indicates months, 2 indicates years, and 9 indicates a special response), while the last two digits give the time in those units. If the units value is 9 then the variable contains a special response, and if the duration value is greater than 90 this also indicates a special response. For example, code 994 is used for the responses \"Soon/Now\", and code 299 would mean that the response was given in years but the actual duration was missing on the questionnaire. BASE: All women who want another child (V602 = 1), plus those originally responding that they want another child, but then say they cannot get pregnant (see also V602).",
"V621": "Whether the respondent believes her partner wants the same number of children, more children or fewer children than she wants herself. BASE: Currently married or in-union women and neither partner is sterilized (V502 = 1 & V312 <> 6 & V312 <> 7). Variables V623 to V626A relate to unmet need for family planning",
"V623": "The exposure \nstatus variable differentiates between pregnant women, postpartum amenorrheic women, menopausal or infecund women, and fecund women: !Pregnant women. !Postpartum amenorrheic women are those whose period has not returned since the last birth in the three/five years preceding the survey. !Women are defined as being menopausal if they are not pregnant and not postpartum amenorrheic, are not currently using a contraceptive method, and have not had a period in the six months preceding the survey or report that they are in menopause. !Women are defined as being infecund if they are not menopausal and not postpartum amenorrheic and not pregnant, have had no birth in the five years preceding the survey, and either have been continuously married and have not used contraception in the five years preceding the survey, or have been married one time and first married five or more years before the survey and have never used contraception. !Fecund women are all women not included in the preceding categories. BASE: All women.",
"V624": "The need for family planning variable categorizes women according to whether they have an unmet need or a met need, to space or to limit their future births: !Unmet need for spacing includes pregnant women whose pregnancy was mistimed, postpartum amenorrheic women whose last birth was mistimed, and fecund women who are neither pregnant nor postpartum amenorrheic and who are not using any method of family planning and say they want to wait two or more years for their next birth, are undecided about the timing of the next birth, or are undecided whether to have another child. !Unmet need for limiting includes pregnant women whose pregnancy was unwanted, postpartum amenorrheic women whose last birth was unwanted and fecund women who are neither pregnant nor postpartum amenorrheic and who are not using any method of family planning and who want no more children. !Met need for spacing includes women who are using some method of family planning and say they want to have another child, are undecided about the timing of the next birth, or are undecided whether to have another child. !Met need for limiting includes women who are using family planning and who want no more children. Note that the specific methods are not taken into account here.",
"V625": "Exposure status (definition 2) reclassifies variable V623, using a more liberal definition of infecundity. BASE: All women.",
"V625A": "Exposure to need for contraception (definition 3). A detailed explanation of the changes in the definition of exposure to need for contraception can be found in “Revising Unmet Need for Family Planning”, DHS Analytical Studies 25 January 2102 by Sarah K. Bradley, Trevor N. Croft, Joy D. Fishel and Charles K. Westoff. This publication can be downloaded from the dhsprogram.com. BASE: All women.",
"V626": "Unmet need (definition 2) follows exactly the same logic as V624, but uses the definition of fecundity given in V625. This variable was not used in DHS II survey reports, but has been used in the majority of DHSIII survey reports. BASE: All women.",
"V626A": "Unmet need for contraception (definition 3). A detailed explanation of the changes in the definition of exposure to need for contraception can be found in “Revising Unmet Need for Family Planning”, DHS Analytical Studies 25 January 2102 by Sarah K. Bradley, Trevor N. Croft, Joy D. Fishel and Charles K. Westoff. This publication can be downloaded from the dhsprogram.com. BASE: All women.",
"V627": "Ideal number of boys",
"V628": "Ideal number of girls",
"V629": "Ideal number of either sex These three variables should sum to the total ideal number of children given in variables V613. If the response to the question for variables V613 is a non-numeric response, these variables are coded with the same response. In addition, there may be non-numeric responses on each of these questions. Country specific categories for non-numeric responses may also be recorded for these variables. BASE: All women.",
"V631": "If the respondent discovered that she became pregnant would that be a problem. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V632": "Women in union and using contraception are asked who decided on the use of contraception. BASE: V502 = 1 and V312 <> 0",
"V632A": "Women in union, not using contraception and not pregnant are asked who decided on the non-use of contraception. BASE: V502 = 1 and V312 = 0 and V213 <> 1 Reason for not having sex All respondents were asked about when they think it is justified to refuse sex with their husband. The questions pertaining to V633A, V633C, V633D and V634 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V633A": "Husband has STD",
"V633B": "Husband has other women",
"V633C": "Recent birth",
"V633D": "Tired, mood",
"V633E": "Country specific",
"V633F": "Country specific",
"V633G": "Country specific",
"V634": "Whether the husband knows that respondent is using contraception."
},
"REC71": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n103",
"V701": "The current or most recent husband or partner's highest level of education attended. See variable V106. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V702": "Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in V701. BASE: Currently married or in union women except those answering \"No education\" or with missing data for V701 (V502 = 1 and V701 <> 0 and V701 <> 8 and V701 <> 9).",
"V704": "Current or last husband or partner's most recent occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V704A": "Current or last husband or partner worked in the past 7 days or 12 months BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V705": "Standardized partner's occupation groups. Agricultural categories also include fishermen, foresters and hunters and are not the basis for selection of agricultural/non-agricultural workers for the variables that follow. This selection is based on a country specific coding scheme in variable V704. In countries, where it is not possible to differentiate between self- employed agricultural workers and agricultural employees, no attempt has been made to use other information, and code 4 has been used for both categories. The analyst may wish to use other related information to differentiate between these two categories. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V714": "Whether the respondent is currently working. BASE: All women.",
"V714A": "Whether the respondent has a job or business from which she was absent for leave, illness, vacation, maternity leave, or any other reason for the last 7 days. BASE: Women not currently working and women who had a job from which she was absent (V714 = 0 and V714A = 1).",
"V715": "Most recent husband or partner's education in single years. See variable V133. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V716": "Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific. BASE: All women",
"V717": "Standardized \nrespondent's occupation groups. \n Agricultural categories also \ninclude fishermen, foresters and hunters and are not the basis for selection of agricultural/non- agricultural workers. In countries, where it is not possible to differentiate between self- employed agricultural workers and agricultural employees, no attempt has been made to use other information, and code 4 has been used for both categories. The analyst may wish to use other related information to differentiate between these two categories. BASE: All women.",
"V719": "Whether the respondent works for a family member, for someone else or is self-employed. BASE: Women who worked in last 12 months (V716 <> 0).",
"V721": "Whether the respondent works at home or away from home. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V729": "Educational achievement recodes the education of the partner into the following categories: None, incomplete primary, complete primary, incomplete secondary, complete secondary, higher education, unknown level of education. If the grade within a level is unknown, it is assumed that the level was not completed. See related variables V702, V703, V715. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V730": "Age of the respondent's husband or partner. BASE: Currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V731": "Whether the respondent worked in the last 12 months.",
"V732": "Whether the respondent works throughout the year, seasonally, or just occasionally. BASE: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the past year (V731 = 1 or V731 = 2 or V731 = 3).",
"V739": "The person who mainly decides how the money earned by the respondent is used. BASE: Currently married or in union women who were paid cash for their work (V502 = 1 and V741 = 1 or V741 = 2).",
"V740": "Whether the respondent works on her own land, family land, rented land or on someone else's land. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V741": "Type of earnings for work. The respondent is asked whether they receive cash for their work, they are paid in kind, a combination of the two or not paid. BASE: Respondents who have worked during the last 12 months (V731 = 1 or V731 = 2 or V731 = 3). Final say in the family on the following decisions: This questions pertaining to V743C and V743E are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: For V743A to V743F is currently married or in union women (V502 = 1).",
"V743A": "Respondent’s health care",
"V743B": "Making large household purchases",
"V743C": "Making household purchases for daily needs",
"V743D": "Visits to family or relatives",
"V743E": "Food to be cooked each day",
"V743F": "What to do with money husband earns It is the respondent’s opinion that a husband is justified in hitting or beating his wife when: BASE: For V744A to V744E is all women.",
"V744A": "She goes out without telling him",
"V744B": "She neglects the children",
"V744C": "She argues with him",
"V744D": "She refuses to have sex with him",
"V744E": "She burns the food.",
"V745A": "Owns a house alone or jointly BASE: All women.",
"V745B": "Owns land alone or jointly BASE: All women .",
"V745C": "Whether the respondent’s name is on the title deed for the owned house BASE: Respondents who own a house alone or jointly (V754A <> 0).",
"V745D": "Whether the respondent’s name is on the title deed for the owned land BASE: Respondents who own land alone or jointly (V754B <> 0).",
"V746": "Whether the respondent earns more than her partner. BASE: Currently married or in union women who were paid cash for their work (V502 = 1 and V741 = 1 or V741 = 2)."
},
"REC75": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n108",
"V750": "Heard of AIDS or other sexually transmitted Diseases. BASE: All women.",
"V751": "Whether the respondent has ever heard of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). BASE: All women. Reduce chances of AIDS Respondents were asked whether not having sex at all or using condoms or having just one sexual partner would reduce their chances of getting AIDS. BASE: Heard of AIDS (V751 = 1)",
"V754BP": "Not having sex at all. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V754CP": "Always using condoms during sex",
"V754DP": "1 sex partner with no other partners Get AIDS Respondents were asked if transmission of AIDS can happen by being bitten by a mosquito or by sharing food with a person who has AIDS. BASE: Heard of AIDS (V751 = 1)",
"V754JP": "From mosquito bites",
"V754WP": "Sharing food with person who has AIDS",
"V756": "Whether the respondent believes it is possible for a healthy-looking person to have the AIDS virus. BASE: Women who have heard of AIDS (V751 = 1). Used condom during intercourse",
"V761": "Whether the respondent used a condom the last time she had sexual intercourse. BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"V761B": "With other man (1) BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V761C": "With other man (2) BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2).",
"V762": "Source of condoms used for last sex with the most recent partner",
"V762A": "Brand of condoms used for last sex with the most recent partner BASE: For V762 and V762A is women who used a condom the last time she had sexual intercourse during the last 12 months (V761 = 1). Knowledge of a source for male condoms Questions V762AA to V762AZ are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V762AA": "Government hospital",
"V762AB": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AC": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AD": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AE": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AF": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AG": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AH": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AI": "Country specific public sector",
"V762AJ": "Private hospital, clinic",
"V762AK": "Pharmacy",
"V762AL": "Private doctor",
"V762AM": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AN": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AO": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AP": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AQ": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AR": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762AS": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762AT": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762AU": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762AV": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762AW": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762AX": "Other",
"V762AZ": "Don’t know a source for condom Knowledge of a source for female condoms Questions V762BA to V762BZ are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V762BA": "Government hospital",
"V762BB": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BC": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BD": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BE": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BF": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BG": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BH": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BI": "Country specific public sector",
"V762BJ": "Private hospital, clinic",
"V762BK": "Pharmacy",
"V762BL": "Private doctor",
"V762BM": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BN": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BO": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BP": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BQ": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BR": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V762BS": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762BT": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762BU": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762BV": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762BW": "Country specific other private sector",
"V762BX": "Other",
"V762BZ": "Don’t know a source for condom Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) caught in last 12 months BASE: For V763 to V763G is all women.",
"V763A": "Any STD",
"V763B": "Genital sore/ulcer",
"V763C": "Genital discharge",
"V763D": "Country specific",
"V763E": "Country specific",
"V763F": "Country specific",
"V763G": "Country specific Number of sexual partners during the last 12 months BASE: For V766A and V766B is all women.",
"V766A": "Number of men other than the husband",
"V766B": "Number of men including the husband Relationship with last sexual partner",
"V767A": "Last partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"V767B": "Other sexual partner (1) BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V767C": "Other sexual partner (2) BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). Length of time knows last sexual partner The questions pertaining to V768A, V768B and V768C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V768A": "Last partner",
"V768B": "Other sexual partner (1)",
"V768C": "Other sexual partner (2) Could get a condom herself The questions pertaining to V769 and V769A are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V769": "Male condom",
"V769A": "Female condom Seek advice or treatment for an STD",
"V770": "Last STD infection BASE: Had an STD last 12 months (V763A = 1 or V763B = 1 or V763C = 1). Place where advice or treatment is sought for STD in the last 12 months BASE: Had an STD last 12 months (V763A = 1 or V763B = 1 or V763C = 1).",
"V770A": "Government clinic",
"V770B": "Country specific public sector",
"V770C": "Country specific public sector",
"V770D": "Country specific public sector",
"V770E": "Country specific public sector",
"V770F": "Country specific public sector",
"V770G": "Country specific public sector",
"V770H": "Country specific public sector",
"V770I": "Country specific public sector",
"V770J": "Country specific public sector",
"V770K": "Private hospital/clinic/doctor",
"V770L": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770M": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770N": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770O": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770P": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770Q": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770R": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770S": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V770T": "Country specific other private sector",
"V770U": "Country specific other private sector",
"V770V": "Country specific other private sector",
"V770W": "Country specific other private sector",
"V770X": "Seek advice from other Ways of transmission from mother to child BASE: For V774A, V774B and V774C is respondents who heard about AIDS (V751 = 1)",
"V774A": "During pregnancy",
"V774B": "During delivery",
"V774C": "By breastfeeding Attitudes toward AIDS",
"V775": "Respondent knows personally someone who has or died of AIDS. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V777": "Family allowed to keep secret an AIDS infection of a member. This variable is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V777A": "Respondent would be ashamed if someone in the family had HIV BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (V751 = 1).",
"V778": "Respondent willing to care for a relative in the household who has AIDS. This variable is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V779": "Person with AIDS allowed to continue teaching. This variable is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V780": "Should children be taught about condoms. This variable is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. AIDS test",
"V781": "Ever been tested for AIDS BASE: All women.",
"V783": "Know a place to get AIDS test BASE: Women who heard of AIDS (V751 = 1). Knowledge of places for AIDS testing BASE: Respondents never tested for HIV (V781 = 0 and V783 <> 1 and V783 <> 2).",
"V784A": "Government hospital",
"V784B": "Country specific public sector",
"V784C": "Country specific public sector",
"V784D": "Country specific public sector",
"V784E": "Country specific public sector",
"V784F": "Country specific public sector",
"V784G": "Country specific public sector",
"V784H": "Country specific public sector",
"V784I": "Country specific public sector",
"V784J": "Country specific public sector",
"V784K": "Private hospital/clinic/doctor",
"V784L": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784M": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784N": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784O": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784P": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784Q": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784R": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784S": "Country specific private medical sector",
"V784T": "Country specific other private sector",
"V784U": "Country specific other private sector",
"V784V": "Country specific other private sector",
"V784X": "Other",
"V785": "Heard about other STDs",
"V791A": "Had sex in return for gifts, cash or anything else in the past 12 months BASE: Women who are aged 15-24 and not in a union (V501 = 0)"
},
"REC80": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n112",
"V820": "Condom used at first sexual intercourse. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Youth 15-24 who ever had sex. Age of sexual partner The questions pertaining to V821A, V821B and V821C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Youth 15-24 who ever had sex.",
"V821A": "Last sexual partner younger, the same age or older",
"V821B": "Next to last sexual partner younger, the same age or older",
"V821C": "Second to last sexual partner younger, the same age or older",
"V822": "Wife justified to ask husband to use condom if he has an STI. BASE: All women. Get AIDS",
"V823": "Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means. BASE: Women who heard of AIDS (V751 = 1).",
"V824": "Drugs to avoid AIDS transmission to baby during pregnancy. BASE: Women who heard of AIDS and know HIV can be transmitted during pregnancy, during delivery or during breastfeeding (V751 = 1 and V744A=1 or V744B=1 or V744C=1).",
"V825": "Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS. BASE:  Women who heard of AIDS (V751 = 1).",
"V826A": "The number of months ago the respondent had her most recent HIV test BASE: Women who were ever tested for HIV (V781 = 1). AIDS test This questions pertaining to V826 and V827 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V826": "When was last time the respondent was tested.",
"V827": "Last test was on respondent’s request, offered or required.",
"V828": "Did get results for last test.",
"V829": "Place where last AIDS test was taken. This variable comes from two different questions, the first question is the place of the last test and the second question is the place of last test during an antenatal care. BASE: The base for V826 to V829 is women who were ever tested for HIV (V781 = 1). Sexual partner. This questions pertaining to V830 and V831 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V830": "Age of first sexual partner. BASE: Youth 15-24 who ever had sex.",
"V831": "First sexual partner younger, same age or older.",
"V832B": "With next to last sexual partner BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V832C": "With second to last sexual partner BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). Condom use last 12 months every time had sex",
"V833A": "With last sex partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the last sexual partner (V766B > 0 and V761 = 1).",
"V833B": "With next to last sex partner BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the next to last partner (V766B > 1 and V761B = 1).",
"V833C": "Every time had sex with second to last sex partner BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the second to last partner (V766B > 1 and V761C = 1). Age of sexual partner",
"V834A": "Last sexual partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"V834B": "Next to last sexual partner BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V834C": "Second to last sexual partner BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). Alcohol consumption during sexual intercourse The questions pertaining to V835A, V835B and V835C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V835A": "Last time had sex",
"V835B": "Next to last time had sex",
"V835C": "Second to last time had sex",
"V836": "Total lifetime number of sexual partners. BASE: Women who ever had sex (V525 <> 0).",
"V837": "Heard of drugs to help infected people to live longer. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Advices during antenatal care visits BASE: For V838A, V838B and V838C is women who had a last birth since January 2012 and who had received antenatal care for this child (B2(1) > 2011 and M2N(1) = 0.",
"V838A": "AIDS transmitted mother to child.",
"V838B": "Things to do to prevent AIDS",
"V838C": "Getting tested for AIDS virus.",
"V839": "Offered AIDS test.",
"V839A": "Offered HIV test between the time went for delivery and before baby was born BASE: Women who gave birth in the private or public medical sector (M15 is 20 through 36).",
"V840": "Tested for AIDS virus.",
"V840A": "Tested for HIV between the time went for delivery and before baby was born BASE:  Women who gave birth in the private or public medical sector (M15 is 20 through 36).",
"V841": "Got results of HIV test. BASE: Women who were tested for HIV as part of an antenatal visit (V840=1).",
"V841A": "Got results of HIV test when tested before baby was born BASE:  Women who gave birth in the private or public medical sector and were tested for HIV as part of an antenatal visit (M15 is 20 through 36 and V840 = 1).",
"V842": "Place where AIDS test was taken. BASE: Women who were tested for HIV as part of an antenatal visit (V840=1).",
"V843": "Tested for HIV since the time she was tested during her pregnancy. BASE: Women who were tested for HIV as part of an antenatal visit or tested for HIV between the time they went for delivery, but before the baby was born (V840=1 or V840A=1). Knows someone denied services because of AIDS last 12 months This questions pertaining to V844, V845, V846, V847, V848 and V849 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V844": "Health services",
"V845": "Social events",
"V846": "Verbally abused",
"V847": "People with AIDS should be ashamed of themselves.",
"V848": "People with AIDS should be blamed for bringing disease to community.",
"V849": "Children 12-14 should wait for sex until marriage.",
"V850A": "Can respondent refuse sex. BASE: Women who are currently married or living with a man (V502=1).",
"V850B": "Can ask partner to use condom. BASE: Women who are currently married or living with a man (V502=1). Attitudes towards life sex for men and Women This questions pertaining to V851 to V851L are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"V851A": "Young men should wait for sex until marriage.",
"V851B": "Most young men wait for sex until marriage.",
"V851C": "Unmarried sexually active men should only have sex with one partner.",
"V851D": "Most unmarried sexually active men have only one partner.",
"V851E": "Married men should only have sex with their wives.",
"V851F": "Most married men only have sex with their wives.",
"V851G": "Young women should wait for sex until marriage.",
"V851H": "Most young women wait for sex until marriage.",
"V851I": "Unmarried sexually active women should have only one partner.",
"V851J": "Most unmarried sexually active women have only one partner.",
"V851K": "Married women should only have sex with their husbands.",
"V851L": "Most married women only have sex with their husbands. Time ago first had sexual intercourse with up to three sexual partners in the last year",
"V852A": "How long ago first had sex with most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"V852B": "How long ago first had sex with 2nd most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V852C": "How long ago first had sex with 3rd most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). The number of times the respondent had sex with up to three sexual partners during the last year",
"V853A": "Times in last 12 months had sex with most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"V853B": "Times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V853C": "Times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd most recent partner BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). Concurrency For information on concurrency please refer to “Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV Infection: Evidence from National Population Based Surveys”, DHS Working Papers No. 62, 2009 by Vinod Mishra and Simona Bignami-Van Asshe. This publication can be downloaded from dhsprogram.com. BASE: For V854A and V854B is women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"V854A": "Point concurrent sexual partners",
"V854B": "Cumulative concurrent sexual partners",
"V855": "Received counseling after tested for AIDS during antenatal care BASE: Women who got the result of the HIV test (V841=1).",
"V856": "Knowledge and use of HIV test kits BASE: Heard of AIDS (V751 = 1) Attitudes towards people living with HIV BASE: For V857A to V858 is women who have heard of AIDS (V751=1).",
"V857A": "Whether the respondent thinks children with HIV should be allowed to attend school with children not having HIV",
"V857B": "Whether the respondent thinks that people hesitate to take an HIV test because they are afraid of how other people will react to a positive result",
"V857C": "Whether people talk badly about people with or believed to have HIV",
"V857D": "Whether people with HIV or believed to have HIV lose the respect of other people",
"V858": "Whether the respondent fear to get HIV from contact with salvia of a person with HIV"
},
"REC81": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n113",
"V801": "Time of the start of the interview. The first two digits give the time in hours using the 24- hour clock, and the last two digits give the minutes within that hour. BASE: All women.",
"V802": "Time of the end of interview is coded as for the start of interview. BASE: All women.",
"V803": "Length of interview in minutes is calculated from the previous two variables, but with interviews that required more than one visit being coded 96. BASE: All women.",
"V804": "Number of visits for the interview BASE: All women.",
"V805": "Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific. This variable occupies 3 digits starting from DHS III. BASE: All women.",
"V806": "Data entry keyer code. Codes are country-specific. BASE: All women. Presence of other people during the interview of the husband’s background and woman’s work section of the interview BASE: For V811 to V814 is all women.",
"V811": "Presence of children aged under age 10",
"V812": "Presence of the husband",
"V813": "Presence of other males",
"V814": "Presence of other females Presence of other people during the sexual activity section of the interview BASE: For V815A to V815C is all women.",
"V815A": "Presence of children under age 10",
"V815B": "Presence of male adults",
"V815C": "Presence of female adults"
},
"REC82": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n114",
"VCOL": "Column number of the entries in the calendar, indicating the type of data found in the entry in the calendar."
},
"REC83": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n117",
"MMIDX": "Index to maternal mortality history",
"MM1": "Sex of sibling",
"MM2": "Whether the sibling is dead or alive",
"MM3": "Current age of sibling in years BASE: All living siblings (MM2 = 1).",
"MM4": "CMC date of birth of sibling is based on a crude imputation process. The analysts may elect to perform their own imputation based on their own assumptions.",
"MM5": "Sibling's marital status: whether the sibling is/was ever married or not. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: All siblings whose age is/was greater than or equal to the cut off age (MM3 >= MMC5). Siblings who have died",
"MM6": "Number of years ago the respondent's brother or sister died.",
"MM7": "Age at death of sibling in years",
"MM8": "CMC date of death of sibling: the analyst may choose to perform their own imputation procedure, as for the CMC date of birth of the sibling. BASE: For MM6 to MM8 is all siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).",
"MM9": "Indicates if the respondent's sister was pregnant when she died, if she died during childbirth, within six weeks after the delivery or within 2 months after the delivery. BASE: Female siblings aged older than the cutoff age (MM1 = 2 & MM2 = 0 & MM7 >= MMC5). In some countries the question is only asked for ever married siblings (MM5 = 1).",
"MM10": "Information about whether the death that occurred was related to the sister's pregnancy. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Female siblings that died during a pregnancy or a period of time after a delivery or a still birth (MM9 = 2 or MM9 = 4 or MM9 = 5 or MM9 = 6).",
"MM11": "Specifies the cause of death. Codes are country specific. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: All deaths not related to a pregnancy for a specified age and years within which death occurred (see original questionnaire for each country for further details).",
"MM12": "Time between delivery and death -- used in countries where questions relating to fixed periods of time between delivery and death (usually six weeks or two months) are not asked. BASE: Female siblings who died after pregnancy (MM9 = 4 or MM9 = 5 or MM9 = 6).",
"MM13": "Place in which the death occurred. Codes are country specific. BASE: Siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).",
"MM14": "The number of children to whom the female sibling gave birth to during her live. In most countries, for women with a maternity related death, this is the number of children born prior to the pregnancy, if the respondent was pregnant when she died or if she died during delivery, and includes the child, if the woman died after the birth of the child. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: As for MM9 above.",
"MM15": "Year of death of sibling. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: All siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).",
"MM16": "Death due to violence or an accident BASE: All siblings who have died (MM2 = 0)."
},
"REC84": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n118",
"MMC1": "The number of occurrences of the maternal mortality section. This variable gives the number of the respondent's brothers and sisters born to the same mother including the respondent.",
"MMC2": "The number of births to the respondent's mother preceding the respondent's birth. This variable gives the number of brothers and sisters born to the respondent's mother who are/were older than the respondent. BASE: Women with at least 1 sibling (MMC1 > 0).",
"MMC3": "In some countries information about the siblings is given by one of the sisters of the respondent, and not by the respondent herself, if both the sibling and the respondent were interviewed. In this variable, the line number of the sibling providing the information is recorded, if the information was not given by the respondent. If the respondent gave the information for the maternal mortality section, this variable is coded 0. The information for the respondent is copied from that reported by the sister, replacing the respondent's data by her sister's data in the maternal mortality section. . This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MMC4": "Line numbers in the household schedule of the eligible sisters of the respondent. . This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MMC5": "Cut off age for this section. In most countries the age of 12 was taken as the cut off age, however in some countries the age of 10, 13 or 15 was used."
},
"RECML": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n121",
"IDXML": "Index to birth history. BASE: Children born in the last 5 years (B19(IDXML) < 60).",
"ML0": "Type of bednet(s) child slept under last night, i.e. did not sleep under a net, slept only under an ITN treated net, slept both under an ITN treated net and an untreated net, or only slept under untreated nets). This information is based on HML12 in the household questionnaire. BASE: Children born in the last 5 years with information on type of bednet from the household questionnaire (B19(IDXML) < 60 and B16(IDXML) <> 0 and B16(IDXML) <> not applicable).",
"ML1": "Times took SP/Fansidar during pregnancy.",
"ML2": "Type of visit at source for SP/Fansidarduring pregnancy. BASE: The base for ML1 and ML2 in the DHS VII core questionnaire use of SP/Fansidar by the mother was asked for last births. This variable is further restricted to mothers who took SP/Fansidar (M49A(1) = 1). Questions pertaining to ML11 and ML12 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"ML11": "Child has fever now.",
"ML12": "Child has had convulsions in last 2 weeks. Medication for fever or difficulty breathing",
"ML13A": "Fansidar",
"ML13AA": "Artesunate rectal",
"ML13AB": "Artesunate injection/IV",
"ML13B": "Chloroquine",
"ML13C": "Amodiaquine",
"ML13D": "Quinine",
"ML13DA": "Quinine injection/IV",
"ML13E": "Combination with artemisinin",
"ML13F": "Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML13G": "Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML13H": "Other antimalarial",
"ML13I": "Antibiotic pills or syrup",
"ML13J": "Antibiotic injection",
"ML13K": "Aspirin",
"ML13L": "Acetaminophen/paracetamol/panadol",
"ML13M": "Ibuprofen",
"ML13N": "Country Specific other",
"ML13O": "Country Specific other",
"ML13P": "Country Specific other",
"ML13X": "Other",
"ML13Y": "Nothing",
"ML13Z": "Don't know if or what was taken BASE for ML13A-Z: Children suffering from fever or short rapid breaths or difficulty breathing in the last two weeks (H22 = 1 or H31B = 1). In previous recodes the base was restricted to children with fever in the last 2 weeks (H22 = 1). Questions pertaining to ML14A to ML14Z are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"ML14A": "Injection for fever/convulsion",
"ML14B": "Suppository for fever/convulsion",
"ML14Y": "No suppository or injection for fever/convulsion",
"ML14Z": "Don't know if suppository or injection for fever/convulsion Questions pertaining to ML15B, ML15C, ML16B, ML16C, ML17B, ML17C, ML18B, ML18C, ML20B, ML20C, ML21B, ML21C, ML22B, ML22C, ML23B and ML23C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"ML15A": "When started Fansidar BASE: Children who took Fansidar during illness (ML13A = 1).",
"ML15B": "Days child took Fansidar",
"ML15C": "First source for Fansidar",
"ML16A": "When started Chloroquine BASE: Children who took Chloroquine during illness (ML13B = 1).",
"ML16B": "Days child took Chloroquine",
"ML16C": "First source for Chloroquine",
"ML17A": "When started Amodiaquine BASE: Children who took Amodiaquine during illness (ML13C = 1).",
"ML17B": "Days child took Amodiaquine",
"ML17C": "First source for Amodiaquine",
"ML18A": "When started Quinine BASE: Children who took Quinine during illness (ML13D = 1 or ML13DA = 1).",
"ML18B": "Days child took Quinine",
"ML18C": "First source for Quinine Questions pertaining to ML19A to ML19Z are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"ML19A": "Consulted traditional healer.",
"ML19B": "Gave tepid sponging.",
"ML19C": "Gave herbs",
"ML19D": "Country Specific",
"ML19E": "Country Specific",
"ML19F": "Country Specific",
"ML19X": "Other",
"ML19Y": "Gave nothing",
"ML19Z": "Don't know if something else was done",
"ML20A": "When started combination with Artemisinin (ACT) BASE: Children who took combination with Artemisinin during illness (ML13E = 1).",
"ML20B": "Days child took combination with Artemisinin",
"ML20C": "First source for combination with Artemisinin",
"ML21A": "When started Country Specific antimalarial BASE: Children who took Country Specific antimalarial during illness (ML13F = 1).",
"ML21B": "Days child took Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML21C": "First source for Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML22A": "When started Country Specific antimalarial BASE: Children who took Country Specific antimalarial during illness (ML13G = 1).",
"ML22B": "Days child took Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML22C": "First source for Country Specific antimalarial",
"ML23A": "When started other anti-malarial BASE: Children who took other anti-malarial during illness (ML13H = 1).",
"ML23B": "Days child took other anti-malarial Questions pertaining to ML23C and ML24C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"ML23C": "First source for other anti-malarial",
"ML24C": "First source for antibiotic pill/syrup",
"ML25A": "When started Artesunate BASE: Children who took Artesunate during illness (ML13AA = 1 or ML13AB = 1)."
},
"RECDV": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n126",
"D005": "Weight for domestic violence respondents (6 decimals). BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed (V044 = 1) Relationship with partner BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D101A": "Husband jealous if talking with other men",
"D101B": "Husband accuses her of unfaithfulness.",
"D101C": "Does not permit her to meet her girl-friends.",
"D101D": "Husband tries to limit her contact with family.",
"D101E": "Husband insists on knowing where she is.",
"D101F": "Husband doesn't trust her with money.",
"D101G": "Country specific control issue",
"D101H": "Country specific control issue",
"D101I": "Country specific control issue",
"D101J": "Country specific control issue",
"D102": "Number of control issues Emotional violence BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D103A": "Spouse ever humiliated her.",
"D103B": "Spouse ever threatened her with harm.",
"D103C": "Spouse ever insulted her or made her feel bad.",
"D103D": "Country specific emotional abuse: ever.",
"D103E": "Country specific emotional abuse: ever.",
"D103F": "Country specific emotional abuse: ever.",
"D104": "Ever any emotional violence Physical violence BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D105A": "Spouse ever pushed, shook or threw something.",
"D105B": "Spouse ever slapped.",
"D105C": "Spouse ever punched with fist or something harmful.",
"D105D": "Spouse ever kicked or dragged.",
"D105E": "Spouse ever tried to strangle or burn.",
"D105F": "Spouse ever threatened with knife/gun or other weapon.",
"D105G": "Spouse ever attacked with knife/gun or other weapon.",
"D105H": "Spouse ever physically forced sex when not wanted.",
"D105I": "Spouse ever forced other sexual acts when not wanted.",
"D105J": "Spouse ever twisted her arm or pulled her hair.",
"D105K": "Physical violence",
"D105L": "Physical violence",
"D105M": "Physical violence",
"D105N": "Physical violence",
"D106": "Experienced any less severe violence.",
"D107": "Experienced any severe violence.",
"D108": "Experienced any sexual violence.",
"D109": "First time it happened. BASE: Women currently in union and experienced any violence (V502 = 1 and D106 = 1 or D107 = 1 or D108 = 1). Result of husband’s acts BASE: Women currently in union and experienced any violence (V502 = 1 and D106 = 1 or D107 = 1 or D108 = 1)..",
"D110A": "Ever had bruises because of husband's action.",
"D110B": "Ever had injury, sprain, dislocations or burns.",
"D110C": "Ever went to health facility because of husband's action.",
"D110D": "Ever had wounds, broken bones, broken teeth or other serious.",
"D110E": "Because of husband's action",
"D110F": "Because of husband's action",
"D110G": "Because of husband's action",
"D110H": "Because of husband's action",
"D111": "Any results of husband's actions. BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D112": "Ever physically hurt husband when he was not hurting respondent. BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D112A": "How often physically hurt husband in last 12 months. BASE: Women currently in union ever physically hurt husband (V502 = 1 and D112 = 1).",
"D113": "Partner drinks alcohol. BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1).",
"D114": "Times partner gets drunk. BASE: Women currently in union and partner drinks alcohol (V502 = 1 and D113 = 1). Physical abuse by others than husband BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed (V044 = 1).",
"D115B": "Mother",
"D115C": "Father",
"D115D": "Daughter/son",
"D115E": "Son",
"D115F": "Sister/brother",
"D115G": "Other relative",
"D115H": "Other female family",
"D115I": "Other male family",
"D115J": "Former partner",
"D115K": "Current boyfriend",
"D115L": "Former boyfriend",
"D115M": "Step-mother",
"D115N": "Step-father",
"D115O": "Mother-in-law",
"D115P": "Father-in-law",
"D115Q": "Other in-law",
"D115R": "Other male in-law",
"D115S": "Female friend",
"D115T": "Male friend",
"D115U": "Neighbor",
"D115V": "Teacher",
"D115W": "Employer",
"D115X": "Other",
"D115Y": "No one other than spouse",
"D115XA": "Stranger",
"D115XB": "Other female in-law/family",
"D115XC": "Other male in-law/family",
"D115XD": "Friend",
"D115XE": "Police",
"D115XF": "Religious leader",
"D115XG": "Lawyer",
"D115XH": "Doctor",
"D115XI": "Country Specific",
"D115XJ": "Country Specific",
"D115XK": "Country Specific",
"D116": "Person who hurt her most often. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"D117A": "Times physically hit, slapped, kicked or otherwise hurt by other than partner last 12 months. BASE: Women who hurt by a person other than her husband/partner (D115Y = 0). Physical abuse while pregnant BASE: Women eligible and interviewed for domestic violence and ever been pregnant (V044 = 1 and V201 <> 0 or V213 = 1 or V228 = 1).",
"D118A": "Husband",
"D118B": "Mother",
"D118C": "Father/step father",
"D118D": "Daughter/son",
"D118E": "Son alone",
"D118F": "Sister/brother",
"D118G": "Other relative",
"D118H": "Other female family",
"D118I": "Other male family",
"D118J": "Former partner",
"D118K": "Current boyfriend",
"D118L": "Former boyfriend",
"D118M": "Step-mother",
"D118N": "Step-father",
"D118O": "Mother-in-law",
"D118P": "Father-in-law",
"D118Q": "Other in-law",
"D118R": "Other female/male in-law",
"D118S": "Female friend",
"D118T": "Male friend",
"D118U": "Neighbor",
"D118V": "Teacher",
"D118W": "Employer",
"D118X": "Other person",
"D118Y": "No one",
"D118XA": "Stranger",
"D118XB": "Other female in-law/family",
"D118XC": "Other male in-law family",
"D118XD": "Friend",
"D118XE": "Police",
"D118XF": "Religious leader",
"D118XG": "Lawyer",
"D118XH": "Doctor",
"D118XI": "Country Specific",
"D118XJ": "Country Specific",
"D118XK": "Country Specific Sought help to stop violence BASE: Women who experienced violence (D106 = 1 or D107 = 1 or D108 = 1 or D130A = 1 or D130B = 1 or D115Y = 0 or D118Y = 0 or D125 = 1).",
"D119A": "Husband",
"D119B": "Mother",
"D119C": "Father",
"D119D": "Daughter",
"D119E": "Son",
"D119F": "Sister",
"D119G": "Brother",
"D119H": "Own family",
"D119I": "Husband/partner family",
"D119J": "Current/former husband/partner",
"D119K": "Current/former boyfriend",
"D119L": "Current/former boyfriend alone",
"D119M": "Step-mother",
"D119N": "Step-father",
"D119O": "Mother-in-law",
"D119P": "Father-in-law",
"D119Q": "Other female in-law",
"D119R": "Other male in-law",
"D119S": "Female friend",
"D119T": "Male friend",
"D119U": "Neighbor",
"D119V": "Teacher",
"D119W": "Employer",
"D119X": "Other person",
"D119Y": "No one",
"D119XA": "Stranger",
"D119XB": "Social service organization",
"D119XC": "Country Specific",
"D119XD": "Friend",
"D119XE": "Police",
"D119XF": "Religious leader",
"D119XG": "Lawyer",
"D119XH": "Doctor",
"D119XI": "Country Specific",
"D119XJ": "Country Specific",
"D119XK": "Country Specific",
"D120": "Main reason never sought help. . This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"D121": "Father of respondent ever beat her mother. BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed (V044 = 1) Interview interruption because of the presence of some adult BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed (V044 = 1)",
"D122A": "Husband",
"D122B": "Other male",
"D122C": "Other female",
"D123": "First intercourse was wanted or forced. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"D124": "Anyone other than partner forced respondent to have sex last 12 m. BASE: Anyone forced respondent to perform sexual acts (D125 = 1)",
"D125": "Anyone forced respondent to perform sexual acts. BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed (V044 = 1)",
"D126": "Age at first forced sexual activity BASE: Women forced to have sexual activity (D108 = 1 and D130B = 1)",
"D127": "Person who forced respondent to first sexual activity BASE: Anyone forced respondent to perform sexual acts (D125 = 1)",
"D128": "Have ever told anyone else about violence. BASE: Women who experienced violence (D119Y = 0).",
"D129": "Respondent afraid of husband/partner most of the time, sometimes or never BASE: Women currently in union (V502 = 1). Violence by previous husband BASE: All women eligible for domestic violence and interviewed and married more than once (V044 = 1 and V503 = 2)",
"D130A": "Previous husband: ever hit, slap, kick or physically hurt respondent",
"D130B": "Previous husband: physically forced to have sex or to perform sexual acts"
},
"RECGC": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n127",
"G100": "Ever heard of female circumcision.",
"G101": "Ever heard of genital cutting (probed). Respondent’s circumcision BASE: Ever heard of female circumcision.",
"G102": "Respondent circumcised.",
"G103": "Flesh removed from genital area.",
"G104": "Genital area just nicked without removing any flesh.",
"G105": "Genital area sewn closed.",
"G106": "Age at circumcision",
"G107": "Who performed circumcision",
"G108": "Number of daughters circumcised. Daughter’s circumcision BASE: Women with at least one daughter circumcised.",
"G109": "Line number of daughter most recently circumcised.",
"G110": "Flesh removed from genital area of daughter.",
"G111": "Genital area of daughter just nicked without removing flesh.",
"G112": "Genital area of daughter sewn closed.",
"G113": "Age of daughter at circumcision",
"G114": "Who performed daughter’s circumcision",
"G115": "Any daughter who is not circumcised",
"G116": "Intends to have daughter(s) circumcised in future. Benefits of circumcision",
"G117A": "Cleanliness/hygiene",
"G117B": "Social acceptance",
"G117C": "Better marriage prospects",
"G117D": "Virginity/prevent premarital sex",
"G117E": "More sexual pleasure for men",
"G117F": "Religious approval",
"G117G": "Country Specific",
"G117H": "Country Specific",
"G117I": "Country Specific",
"G117J": "Country Specific",
"G117X": "Other",
"G117Y": "No benefit",
"G118": "Circumcision is required by religion.",
"G119": "Circumcision should continue or be stopped."
},
"RECG2": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n128",
"GIDX": "Daughter's index to birth history",
"G121": "Daughter circumcised",
"G122": "Daughter's age at circumcision",
"G123": "Daughter genital area sown closed",
"G124": "Person performing daughter's circumcision"
},
"MREC01": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n133",
"MCASEID": "Case identification is used to uniquely identify each respondent. In most surveys this is constructed by concatenating the cluster or sample point number, the household number and the respondent's line number, but in some surveys this may be the questionnaire number taken from the front page of the questionnaire.",
"MV000": "This alphabetic country code is used to identify the survey from which the data were collected. The code is based on an international standard code. This variable is 3 characters in length, with the third character indicating the format of the recode file used for this survey. For all surveys in DHS VII this code will be 7. For example: HT7 is Haiti, KH7 is Cambodia.",
"MV001": "Cluster number is the number identifying the sample point as used during the fieldwork. This variable may be a composite of several variables in the questionnaire. If so, the non- standard variables are included in MREC91 as country-specific variables.",
"MV002": "Household number is the number identifying the household in which the respondent was interviewed, within the sample point. In some cases, this variable may be the combination of dwelling number and household number within dwelling. In these cases, the original variables are included as country-specific variables.",
"MV003": "Respondent's line number in the household schedule",
"MV004": "Ultimate area unit is a number assigned to each sample point to identify the ultimate area units used in the collection of data. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number, but may be a sequentially numbered variable for samples with a more complicated structure.",
"MV005": "Sample weight is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample weight divide it by 1000000 before applying the weighting factor. All sample weights are normalized such that the weighted number of cases is identical to the unweighted number of cases when using the full dataset with no selection. This variable should be used to weight all tabulations produced using the data file. For self-weighting samples this variable is equal to 1000000.",
"MV006": "Month of interview",
"MV007": "Year of interview. This variable now occupies 4 digits.",
"MV008": "Century month code of date of interview (see note on century month codes).",
"MV008A": "Century day code of date of interview, calculated from MV007, MV008 and MV016 (see note on century day codes)",
"MV009": "Month of birth of respondent (see note on imputed dates)",
"MV010": "Year of birth of respondent (see note on imputed dates) now occupies 4 digits.",
"MV011": "Century month code of date of birth of the respondent (see note on century month codes).",
"MV012": "Current age in completed years is calculated from the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent (MV011) and the century month code of the date of interview (MV008). In a few cases the age in the data file will be different from that reported by the respondent when the respondent's birthday was in the month of interview, but he had not yet had his birthday. If the respondent correctly reported his age at his last birthday (and not his age at his next birthday) then the calculated age was rounded up from the reported age, to avoid inconsistencies between the age and the century month code for the birth.",
"MV013": "Current age in 5-year groups is produced by grouping MV012.",
"MV014": "Completeness of information for the date of birth of the respondent (see note on imputed dates)",
"MV015": "Result of individual interview. Code 1 represents a completed interview. For all other cases, only MREC01 will exist in the data file. For flat format data files, cases with a result code different than 1 are dropped from the file.",
"MV016": "Day of the month in which the interview took place",
"MV021": "Primary sampling unit is a number assigned to sample points to identify the primary sampling units for use in the calculation of sampling errors. This variable is usually the same as the cluster number and/or the ultimate area unit, but may differ if the sample design required a multistage selection process.",
"MV022": "Sample strata for sampling errors defines the pairings or groupings of primary sampling units used in the calculation of sampling errors when using the Taylor series expansion method.",
"MV023": "The stratification used in the sample design is the basic geographic units within which the sample was designed. For example, if the sample was designed to be self-weighting within region, this variable would define those regions; if the sample was designed to be self- weighting within major urban areas, other urban areas and rural areas, this variable would define the major urban, other urban and rural areas. If the sample is self-weighted at the national level, this variable is code 0.",
"MV024": "De facto region of residence: This is a copy of MV101, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by region.",
"MV025": "De facto type of place of residence: This is a copy of MV102, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by urban/rural residence.",
"MV026": "De facto place of residence is the type of place in which the respondent was interviewed. This is a copy of MV134, added to this section to allow for analysis of completion rates by type of place of residence. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV027": "Number of visits for the interview",
"MV028": "Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"MV029": "Data entry keyer code: Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 3 digits.",
"MV030": "Field supervisor's code: Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"MV031": "Field editor's code: Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 5 digits.",
"MV032": "Office editor's code: Codes are country-specific. This variable now occupies 3 digits. Line number, status and age of each wife or partner BASE: All respondents with 1 or more wive(s)/partner(s) (MV035 <> 0).",
"MV034": "Line numbers of wives as recorded in the household schedule. This is a multiple variable with entries for up to 8 wives. This variable can be used, in conjunction with the cluster or sample point number and the household number to match the men’s data with the women’s data, to allow for the analysis of couples. An entry with the value 0 means the wife was not listed as a member of the household.",
"MV034A": "Men’s wife or partner. For each of the women listed in MV034, it gives her status being either “wife” or “partner” of the men. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV034B": "Age of wife or partner.",
"MV035": "Number of wives or partners for whom line numbers are given in MV034.",
"MV045A": "Language of the questionnaire",
"MV045B": "Language used in the interview",
"MV045C": "Native language of the interview respondent",
"MV046": "Translator used during the interview",
"MV801": "Time of the start of the interview. The first two digits give the time in hours using the 24- hour clock, and the last two digits give the minutes within that hour.",
"MV802": "Time of the end of interview is coded as for the start of interview.",
"MV803": "Length of interview in minutes is calculated from the previous two variables for interviews requiring only one visit. Interviews that required more than one visit are coded 96."
},
"MREC11": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n136",
"MV101": "De facto region of residence. Region in which the respondent was interviewed. Codes are country-specific. For de jure region of residence, see MV139.",
"MV102": "De facto type of place of residence. Type of place of residence where the respondent was interviewed as either urban or \nrural. \n Note \nthat \nthis \nis not \nthe \nrespondent's own categorization, but was created based on whether the cluster or sample point number is defined as urban or rural. See also MV134. For de jure type of place of residence, see MV140.",
"MV103": "Childhood place of residence is classified into city, town and countryside as reported by the respondent. In some countries, additional codes are used for capital/major cities (code 0) and for abroad (code 4). This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV104": "Number of years the respondent has lived in the village, town, or city where he was interviewed. Visitors to the community are coded 96. Previous residence BASE: \n All respondents except \nthose answering \"Always\" or \"Visitor\" \nto MV104 (MV104 <> 95 & MV104 <> 96).",
"MV105": "Type of place of previous residence is coded as for MV103. In some countries, additional codes are used for capital/major cities (code 0) and for abroad (code 4).",
"MV105A": "Region of previous residence",
"MV106": "Highest education level attended. This is a standardized variable providing level of education in the following categories: No education, Primary, Secondary, Higher. In some countries the educational system does not fit naturally within this scheme and a different categorization was used for the Final Report. In this case, this variable is constructed as accurately as possible from the country's own scheme and the variable used for the Final Report is included as a country-specific variable.",
"MV107": "Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in MV106. BASE: All respondents except those answering \"No education\" or with missing data for MV106 (MV106 <> 0 & MV106 <> 9).",
"MV130": "Religion. Both the question and the codes are country-specific.",
"MV131": "Ethnicity. Both the question and the codes are country-specific.",
"MV133": "Education in single years. This variable is constructed from the educational level (MV106) and the grade at that level (MV107) as follows: MV106 = > \nMV133 0 \n= > \n0 1 \n= > \nMV107 2 \n= > \nMV107+x 3 \n= > \nMV107+y 9 \n= > \n99 x = years to complete primary education y = years to complete primary and secondary education where both x and y are country-specific.",
"MV134": "De facto place of residence is the type of place in which the respondent was interviewed. Urban areas are classified into large cities (capital cities and cities with over 1 million population), small cities (population over 50,000), and towns (other urban areas), and all rural areas are assumed to be countryside. Note that this classification differs from that used in DHS I. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV135": "Whether the respondent is a usual resident of the household or is just visiting the household. Responses of \"Visitor\" to MV104 are visitors to the city, town or village where the interview took place, but MV135 shows respondents who were visitors to the household.",
"MV136": "Total number of household members is the number of usual residents plus the number of visitors who slept in the house the previous night that were listed in the household schedule.",
"MV138": "Number of eligible men in the household. Eligible men are usually defined to be men aged 15-59 who slept in the household the previous night, irrespective of whether they usually reside in the household or are visiting the household. In some countries an ever-married sample is used for the individual interview, and so the eligibility criteria is further restricted to husbands of eligible women.",
"MV149": "Educational achievement recodes the education of the respondent into the following categories: None, incomplete primary, complete primary, incomplete secondary, complete secondary, higher education. See related variables MV106, MV107, MV133.",
"MV150": "Relationship to the head of the household. These data are taken from the household schedule.",
"MV151": "Sex of the head of the household",
"MV152": "Age of the head of the household Literacy",
"MV155": "The respondent is asked to read a written sentence and the interviewer would note whether the respondent could read it or not at all.",
"MV156": "Ever participated in a literacy program outside of primary. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Media",
"MV157": "Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine",
"MV158": "Frequency of listening to radio",
"MV159": "Frequency of watching television",
"MV167": "Times away from home in last 12 months",
"MV168": "Away for more than one month BASE: Respondents who travelled away from home in last 12 months (MV167 <> 0).",
"MV169A": "Owns a mobile telephone",
"MV169B": "Use mobile telephone for financial transactions BASE: Respondents who own a mobile telephone (MV169A = 1).",
"MV170": "Has an account in a bank or other financial institution",
"MV171A": "Use of Internet",
"MV171B": "Frequency of using Internet last month Wealth index",
"MV190": "Wealth index. For a brief explanation see HV270.",
"MV191": "Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)",
"MV190A": "Wealth index for urban/rural",
"MV191A": "Wealth index factor score for urban/rural (5 decimals)"
},
"MREC22": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n137",
"MV201": "Total number of children ever born",
"MV202": "Total number of sons living at home",
"MV203": "Total number of daughters living at home",
"MV204": "Total number of sons living away from home",
"MV205": "Total number of daughters living away from home",
"MV206": "Total number of sons who have died",
"MV207": "Total number of daughters who have died MV201 is the sum of variables MV202 to MV207.",
"MV212": "Age of respondent at first birth",
"MV213": "Whether the respondent’s first listed partner is currently pregnant.",
"MV217": "Knowledge of the women’s ovulatory cycle",
"MV218": "Total number of living children is the sum of variables MV202 to MV205.",
"MV225": "At the time the respondent’s partner became pregnant with the current pregnancy, whether the current pregnancy was wanted then, later or not at all. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondent’s whose partner is currently pregnant (MV213 = 1). Children’s fathering",
"MV245": "Number of women the respondent fathered the children with.",
"MV246": "Married to the mother of the first child when he was born. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Youngest child",
"MV247": "Age BASE: All respondent’s with one or more living children (MV218 > 0).",
"MV248": "Antenatal check-ups for the mother BASE: Respondent’s with youngest living child 0-2 years old (MV247 < 3).",
"MV249": "Respondent present during check-ups BASE: Respondents present during checkup with most recent child (MV248 = 1).",
"MV250": "Place of birth BASE: Respondent’s with youngest living child 0-2 years old (MV247 < 3).",
"MV251": "Reason for not delivering in health facility. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV252": "Drinking pattern when child has diarrhea BASE: Respondent’s with youngest living child 0-2 years old (MV247 < 3)."
},
"MREC31": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n139",
"MV301": "Knowledge of any method is classified into modern, traditional and folkloric methods as follows: \n Modern methods are Pill, IUD, Injections, Diaphragm, Condom, Female Sterilization, Male Sterilization, Implants, Lactational amenorrhea, Female condom, Foam/Jelly, Emergency contraception and the category “Other modern method”. Traditional methods are Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm), Withdrawal, and Abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category \"Other traditional method\" and any other country-specific methods. If a respondent knows both, a traditional method and a modern method, then the modern method takes priority and he is coded as knowing a modern method. Similarly, if a man knows a traditional method and a folkloric method, the traditional method takes priority.",
"M304A": "1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3",
"MV304": "0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 8 8 8 8",
"MV305": "1\n1"
},
"MREC32": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n140",
"MV312": "Current contraceptive method",
"MV313": "Type of contraceptive method categorizes the current contraceptive method as either a modern method, a traditional method, or a folkloric method. Condom use",
"MV323A": "Brand of condom used. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV325B": "Cost of condoms last time obtained. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV372A": "Shown condom package. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Sources of Contraception. Whether the respondent has heard about family planning in the last few months from any of the following sources:",
"MV384A": "On the radio",
"MV384B": "On the television",
"MV384C": "In a newspaper or magazine",
"MV384D": "By text messages on mobile",
"MV395": "Discussed FP with health worker last few months.",
"MV396": "Whether a woman who is breastfeeding can get pregnant. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV396A": "Whether a woman can get pregnant after birth of a child",
"MV3A09B": "How many condoms did get last time. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV3B17": "Source of condoms BASE: Men who used a condom the last time he had sexual intercourse during the last 12 months (MV761 = 1).",
"MV3B25A": "Contraception is woman's business and a man should not worry.",
"MV3B25B": "Sterilized women become promiscuous."
},
"MREC41": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n143",
"MV463A": "Cigarettes",
"MV463B": "Pipe",
"MV463C": "Chewing tobacco.",
"MV463D": "Snuff",
"MV463E": "Country specific",
"MV463F": "Country specific",
"MV463G": "Country specific",
"MV463X": "Other",
"MV463Z": "Nothing",
"MV463AA": "Frequency of smoking tobacco currently",
"MV463AB": "Frequency of current use of smokeless tobacco",
"MV463AC": "Whether the respondent smoked tobacco every day in the past BASE: Respondents who currently smoke tobacco some days (MV463AA = 2).",
"MV463AD": "Frequency of smoking tobacco in the past BASE: Respondents who do not currently smoke tobacco (MV463AA = 0).",
"MV464": "Number of cigarettes in last 24 hours. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents smoking cigarettes. Smoking per day BASE: All men.",
"MV464A": "Average number of manufactured cigarettes smoked per day",
"MV464B": "Average number of hand-rolled cigarettes smoked per day",
"MV464C": "Average number of kreteks smoked per day",
"MV464D": "Average number of pipes full of tobacco smoked per day",
"MV464E": "Average number of cigars, cheroots or cigarillos smoked per day",
"MV464F": "Average number of water pipe sessions taken per day",
"MV464G": "Average number of others products per day",
"MV464H": "Average number of snuff taken by mouth per day",
"MV464I": "Average number of snuff taken by nose per day",
"MV464J": "Average number of chewing tobacco taken per day",
"MV464K": "Average number of betel quid with tobacco per day",
"MV464L": "Average number of other products per day",
"MV474": "Heard of Tuberculosis or TB. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV474A": "Air when coughing or sneezing.",
"MV474B": "Sharing utensils.",
"MV474C": "Touching a person with TB.",
"MV474D": "Tuberculosis spread through food.",
"MV474E": "Sexual contact",
"MV474F": "Mosquito bites",
"MV474G": "Country specific",
"MV474H": "Country specific",
"MV474I": "Country specific",
"MV474J": "Country specific",
"MV474X": "Other",
"MV474Z": "Don't know.",
"MV475": "Tuberculosis can be cured. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV476": "Keep secret when family member gets TB. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Injections last 12 months",
"MV477": "Number of injections",
"MV478": "Injections administered by a health worker BASE: Respondent had at least one injection in last 12 months (MV477 > 0).",
"MV479": "Source for injection by health worker. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV480": "Syringe and needle from new, unopened package. BASE: Respondent had at least one injection by a health worker in last 12 months (MV479 > 0).",
"MV481": "Covered by health insurance Type of health insurance",
"MV481A": "Mutual or community organization",
"MV481B": "Provided by employer.",
"MV481C": "Social security",
"MV481D": "Private or commercial purchased.",
"MV481E": "Country specific",
"MV481F": "Country specific",
"MV481G": "Country specific",
"MV481H": "Country specific",
"MV481X": "Other Care for children under 18 The questions pertaining to MV482A to MV482C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV482A": "Arrange care of biological children.",
"MV482B": "Primary caregiver",
"MV482C": "Arrange care of non-biological.",
"MV483": "Whether the respondent circumcised.",
"MV483A": "Age at circumcision",
"MV483B": "Who performed the circumcision",
"MV483C": "Place where circumcision was done Smoking per week BASE: All men.",
"MV484A": "Average number of manufactured cigarettes smoked per week",
"MV484B": "Average number of hand-rolled cigarettes smoked per week",
"MV484C": "Average number of kreteks smoked per week",
"MV484D": "Average number of pipes full of tobacco smoked per week",
"MV484E": "Average number of cigars, cheroots or cigarillos smoked per week",
"MV484F": "Average number of water pipe sessions taken per week",
"MV484G": "Average number of others products per week",
"MV484H": "Average number of snuff taken by mouth per week",
"MV484I": "Average number of snuff taken by nose per week",
"MV484J": "Average number of chewing tobacco taken per week",
"MV484K": "Average number of betel quid with tobacco per week",
"MV484L": "Average number of other products per week"
},
"MREC51": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n145",
"MV501": "Current marital status of the respondent",
"MV502": "Whether the respondent is currently, formerly or never married (or lived with a partner). Currently married includes married men and men living with a partner, and formerly married includes widowed, divorced, separated men and men who have lived with a partner but are not now living with a partner.",
"MV503": "Whether the respondent has been married or lived with a woman once or more than once. BASE: Ever-married men (MV501 <> 0).",
"MV504": "Whether the wife or the partner lives with respondent. BASE: Currently married or in union men (MV502 = 1).",
"MV505": "The number of wives the respondent currently has. This is the number of wives and live-in partners. BASE: Currently married or in union men (MV502 = 1). First marriage or union Variables MV507 to MV513 relate to the date of start of the first marriage or union. BASE: For MV507 to MV512 is ever-married men (V501 <> 0), for MV513 is all men.",
"MV507": "Month of start of first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates)",
"MV508": "Year of start of first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates). This variable occupies 4 digits",
"MV509": "Century month code of the date of start of first marriage or union (see note on century month codes).",
"MV510": "Completeness of information for the date of start of the first marriage or union (see note on imputed dates)",
"MV511": "Age at start of first marriage or union is calculated from the century month code of the date of start of first marriage or union and the century month code of the date of birth of the respondent.",
"MV512": "Years since start of first marriage or union is calculated from the century month code of the start of first marriage or union and the century month code of the date of interview.",
"MV513": "Marital duration is actually the number of years elapsed since the start of the first marriage or union until the date of interview grouped into five-year groups, irrespective of whether the respondent is still married to his first partner. Sexual intercourse Variables MV525 to MV532 relate to age at first intercourse, frequency of intercourse and time since last sexual relations. BASE: For variables MV527 to MV529 is men who have had sexual intercourse (MV525 <> 0). Variables MV531 and MV532 pertain to all men.",
"MV525": "Age at first sexual intercourse (Respondents who had never had sex are coded 0)",
"MV527": "Time since the last sexual relations as reported by the respondent: The first digit gives the units in which the respondent gave his answer: 1 - Days ago, 2 - Weeks ago, 3 - Months ago, 4 - Years ago, with 9 meaning a special answer was given. The last two digits give the time in the units given. Any value for time greater than 90 is a special answer.",
"MV528": "Time since last intercourse - grouped. The time since last intercourse after 31 days was grouped into the category 31. The special answers were kept the same as in the variable MV527.",
"MV529": "Time since last intercourse – imputed: Values are given in number of months. However, in this variable too, the special values were not modified and kept the same values as in MV527.",
"MV531": "Age at first sexual intercourse – imputed: This is the same as MV525, except for respondents who reported that their first sexual intercourse was at the time of their union. For these cases, the age at first sex is taken from the age at first union. In cases where the age at first sex was inconsistent with the age at conception of the first child, but only by one year (V532 = 3), the age at first sex was reduced by one year, consistent with the \"Rule of one\" applied in DHS I which is the correction of the data if the error is no more than a month. Other cases flagged as inconsistent on variable V532 (codes 1, 2, 4, 5) are recoded as 97 (inconsistent). Cases coded 6 on V532 are not changed.",
"MV532": "Flag variable for inconsistencies found in editing the responses for MV525. 0 \nNo flag 1 \nRespondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds his current age 2 \nRespondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one year after the conception of his first child 3 \nRespondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year after the conception of his first child 4 \nRespondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but the respondent was never married 5 \nRespondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first marriage, but his first marriage occurred after the conception of his first child 6 \nRespondent reported his first sexual intercourse as being after his first marriage",
"MV535": "Whether the respondent has ever been married or lived with a woman. BASE: Men who are not currently married and not living with a woman (MV502 <> 1).",
"MV536": "Whether the respondent had sex and whether it was during the last 4 weeks (recent sexual activity).",
"MV541": "Intend to wait until married to have sex. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode."
},
"MREC61": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n147",
"MV602": "Fertility preferences.. This variable comes from a single question but recoded later depending on the men’s status. Sterilized men are recoded 4, men whom the partner can’t get pregnant are recoded 5, men who never had sex are recoded 6, and men who are not in union are recoded 8. BASE: All men.",
"MV603": "Preferred waiting time before the birth of another child is created from a single question asking how long from the date of interview the respondent would like to wait before the birth of the next child. In some countries there may be some additional non-numeric responses to the question of how long to wait before the next birth. These are assigned additional codes on a country-specific basis. BASE: All men who want another child (MV602 = 1).",
"MV604": "The preferred waiting time to the next birth is grouped into 12-month categories with responses of more than six years coded as 6+ years. Non-numeric responses are coded into one group (7 \"Non-numeric\"), but with \"Don't know\" and missing responses in their own categories (8 & 9). The additional response \"Soon/Now\" is not grouped with the other non- numeric codes, but is recoded as less than one year waiting time. BASE: All men who want another child (MV602 = 1).",
"MV605": "Desire for more children is a constructed variable classifying respondents who want more children by whether they want the next child soon (less than 2 years) or they want the next child later (2+ years). In some countries, men who had never had sexual intercourse were not asked the questions relating to desire for future children, and are coded 8 on V605. BASE: All men.",
"MV613": "The ideal number of children that the respondent would have liked to have in his whole life, irrespective of the number he already has. In many countries it was possible for a respondent to reply to this question with a range of values, in which case this variable contains the midpoint between these values. If the midpoint is not an exact number then the number is rounded up in half the cases and rounded down for the other half. In situations where a range of values was collected, the original variables are included as country-specific variables. In some countries, additional country-specific categories are included, such as \"It depends on God\" or \"As many as I can support\" and are given country-specific codes. BASE: All men.",
"MV614": "This variable groups the preceding variable such that 6 or more children are in one category 6+ and all non-numeric responses are coded 7. BASE: All men.",
"MV616": "This variable records the original response to the question \"How long would you like to wait from now before the birth of another child?\" The first digit gives the units in which the respondent answered (1 indicates months, 2 indicates years, and 9 indicates a special response), while the last two digits give the time in those units. If the units value is 9 then the variable contains a special response, and if the duration value is greater than 90 this also indicates a special response. For example, code 994 is used for the responses \"Soon/Now\", and code 299 would mean that the response was given in years but the actual duration was missing on the questionnaire. BASE: All men who want another child (MV602 = 1), plus those originally responding that they want another child, but then say their partner cannot get pregnant (see also MV602).",
"MV621": "Whether the respondent believes his partner wants the same number of children, more children or fewer children than he wants herself. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Currently married or in union men (MV502 = 1). Ideal number of children BASE: All men.",
"MV627": "Ideal number of boys",
"MV628": "Ideal number of girls",
"MV629": "Ideal number of either sex These three variables should sum to the total ideal number of children given in variables MV613. If the response to the question for variables MV613 is a non-numeric response, these variables are coded with the same response. In addition, there may be non-numeric responses on each of these questions. Country specific categories for non-numeric responses may also be recorded for these variables.",
"MV631": "Problem if became pregnant. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Wife listed first is not currently pregnant (MV642(1) <> 1). Wife/partner is justified to refuse sexual intercourse when she know that: BASE: All men.",
"MV633A": "Husband has STD",
"MV633B": "Husband has other women",
"MV633C": "Recent birth",
"MV633D": "Tired, mood",
"MV633E": "Country specific",
"MV633F": "Country specific",
"MV633G": "Country specific Husband’s rights The questions pertaining to MV634A to MV634D are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV634A": "Get angry",
"MV634B": "Refuse financial support",
"MV634C": "Use force for unwanted sex",
"MV634D": "Have sex with another women"
},
"MREC71": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n149",
"MV714": "Whether the respondent is currently working. BASE: All men.",
"MV714A": "Whether the respondent has a job or business from which she was absent for leave, illness, vacation, maternity leave, or any other reason for the last 7 days. BASE: Men not currently working and men who had a job from which she was absent (MV714 = 0 and MV714A = 1).",
"MV716": "Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific. BASE: All men.",
"MV717": "Standardized respondent's occupation groups; agricultural categories also include fishermen, foresters and hunters and are not the basis for selection of agricultural/non-agricultural workers. In countries, where it is not possible to differentiate between self-employed agricultural workers and agricultural employees, no attempt has been made to use other information, and code 4 has been used for both categories. The analyst may wish to use other related information to differentiate between these two categories. BASE: All men.",
"MV719": "Whether the respondent works for a family member, for someone else or is self-employed. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Men currently working (MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).",
"MV721": "Works at home or away. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV731": "Whether the respondent worked in the last 12 months. BASE: All men.",
"MV732": "Whether the respondent works throughout the year, seasonally, or just occasionally. BASE: Men who are currently working or who have worked in the past year (MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).",
"MV739": "Who decides how to spend money. BASE: Currently married or in union men who were paid in cash or in cash and kind (MV502 = 1 and MV741 = 1 or MV741 = 2).",
"MV740": "Whether the respondent works on his own land, family land, rented land, or on someone else's land. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Men who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months, and who work or worked in agriculture (MV716 = country-specific agricultural category).",
"MV741": "Type of earnings for work",
"MV743A": "Own health care",
"MV743B": "Making large household purchases",
"MV743C": "Making household purchases for daily needs",
"MV743D": "Visits to family or relatives",
"MV743E": "Food to be cooked each day",
"MV743F": "Deciding what to do with money wife earns",
"MV743G": "Deciding how many children to have \nJustification of wife’s beating BASE: All men.",
"MV744A": "Goes out without telling him",
"MV744B": "Neglects the children",
"MV744C": "Argues with him",
"MV744D": "Refuses to have sex with him",
"MV744E": "Burns the food Ownership of house/land",
"MV745A": "Owns a house alone or jointly BASE: All men.",
"MV745B": "Owns land alone or jointly BASE: All men.",
"MV745C": "Whether the respondent’s name is on the title deed for the owned house BASE: Respondents who own a housed alone or jointly (MV754A <> 0).",
"MV745D": "Whether the respondent’s name is on the title deed for the owned land BASE: Respondents who own land alone or jointly (MV754B <> 0). Husband’s perception about woman’s pregnancy The questions pertaining to MV747A to MV747B are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV747A": "Childbearing is a woman's concern.",
"MV747B": "Important for mother and the child health to get assistance at delivery"
},
"MREC75": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n154",
"MV750": "Heard of sexually transmitted disease BASE: All men.",
"MV751": "Whether the respondent has ever heard of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). BASE: All men. Ways to reduce AIDS BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV754BP": "Reduce risk of getting AIDS by not having sex at all.",
"MV754CP": "Reduce chances of AIDS by always using condoms during sex",
"MV754DP": "Reduce chance of AIDS: have 1 sex partner with no other partner Means of getting AIDS BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV754JP": "Get AIDS from mosquito bites",
"MV754WP": "Get AIDS by sharing food with person who has AIDS",
"MV756": "Whether the respondent believes it is possible for a healthy-looking person to have the AIDS virus. BASE: Men who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV761": "Whether the respondent used a condom the last time he had sexual intercourse. BASE: Men who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (MV766B > 0). Condom use during sexual intercourses",
"MV761B": "With other woman (1) BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV761C": "With other woman (2) BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 2).",
"MV761D": "For money",
"MV762": "Place where condom was obtained last time",
"MV762A": "Brand name of the condom obtained last time BASE: For MV762 and MV762A is men who used a condom the last time he had sexual intercourse during the last 12 months (MV761 = 1). Knowledge of source for male condom The questions pertaining to MV762AA to MV762BZ are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV762AA": "Government hospital",
"MV762AB": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AC": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AD": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AE": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AF": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AG": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AH": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AI": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762AJ": "Private hospital, clinic",
"MV762AK": "Pharmacy",
"MV762AL": "Private doctor",
"MV762AM": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AN": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AO": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AP": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AQ": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AR": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762AS": "Country specific other",
"MV762AT": "Country specific other",
"MV762AU": "Country specific other",
"MV762AV": "Country specific other",
"MV762AW": "Country specific other",
"MV762AX": "Country specific other",
"MV762AZ": "Don't know source for condom Source for female condoms",
"MV762BA": "Government hospital",
"MV762BB": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BC": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BD": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BE": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BF": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BG": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BH": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BI": "Country specific public sector",
"MV762BJ": "Private hospital, clinic",
"MV762BK": "Pharmacy",
"MV762BL": "Private doctor",
"MV762BM": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BN": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BO": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BP": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BQ": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BR": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV762BS": "Country specific other",
"MV762BT": "Country specific other",
"MV762BU": "Country specific other",
"MV762BV": "Country specific other",
"MV762BW": "Country specific other",
"MV762BX": "Other",
"MV762BZ": "Don't know source for female condom Sexually transmitted diseases last 12 months",
"MV763A": "Any STD",
"MV763B": "Genital sore or ulcer",
"MV763C": "Genital discharge",
"MV763D": "Country specific",
"MV763E": "Country specific",
"MV763F": "Country specific",
"MV763G": "Country specific",
"MV766A": "Number of women other than the wife the respondent had sex with in last 12 months.",
"MV766B": "Number of women the respondent had sex with including his wife in last 12 months. Relationship with last sexual partner",
"MV767A": "Last partner BASE: Women who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (V766B > 0).",
"MV767B": "Other partner (1) BASE: Women who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 1).",
"MV767C": "Other partner (2) BASE: Women who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (V766B > 2). . Length of time knows last sexual partner This questions pertaining to MV768A, MV768B and MV768C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV768A": "Last partner",
"MV768B": "Other partner (1)",
"MV768C": "Other partner (2) BASE: Respondents who had sexual intercourse last 12 months.",
"MV769": "Could get a male condom This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV769A": "Could get a female condom This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV770": "Seek advice for an STD BASE: Respondents who had an infection in the last 12 months (MV763A = 1 or MV763B = 1 or MV763C = 1).. Place where advice or treatment is sought for an STD in last 12 months BASE: Respondents who had an STD in the last 12 months (MV763A = 1 or MV763B = 1 or MV763C = 1).",
"MV770A": "Governmental hospital",
"MV770B": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770C": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770D": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770E": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770F": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770G": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770H": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770I": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770J": "Country specific public sector",
"MV770K": "Private hospital/clinic/doctor",
"MV770L": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770M": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770N": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770O": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770P": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770Q": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770R": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770S": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV770T": "Country specific other",
"MV770U": "Country specific other",
"MV770V": "Country specific other",
"MV770W": "Country specific other",
"MV770X": "Seek advice other Mother to child AIDS transmission knowledge BASE: For MV774A, MV774B and MV774C is respondents who heard about AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV774A": "During pregnancy",
"MV774B": "During delivery",
"MV774C": "By breastfeeding",
"MV775": "Knows someone who has or died of AIDS. BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV777": "Allowed to keep AIDS infection secret. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV777A": "Be ashamed if someone in the family had HIV BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV778": "Willing to care for relative with AIDS. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV779": "Person with AIDS allowed to continue teaching. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV780": "Should children be taught about condoms. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1). AIDS tests",
"MV781": "Ever been tested BASE: All men",
"MV783": "Know a place to get AIDS test BASE: Men who heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV784A": "Governmental hospital",
"MV784B": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784C": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784D": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784E": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784F": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784G": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784H": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784I": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784J": "Country specific public sector",
"MV784K": "Private hospital, clinic or doctor",
"MV784L": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784M": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784N": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784O": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784P": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784Q": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784R": "Country specific private medical sector",
"MV784S": "Country specific other",
"MV784T": "Country specific other",
"MV784U": "Country specific other",
"MV784V": "Country specific other",
"MV784X": "Other",
"MV785": "Heard about other STDs BASE: All men",
"MV791": "Have ever paid anyone in exchange for sex BASE: Men who had sexual intercourse (MV525 <> 0). Paid sex last 12 months",
"MV793": "Paid for sex. If respondent had sex with a prostitute then it is assumed to be paid. BASE: All men",
"MV793A": "Condom used during last time respondent paid for sex BASE: Men who paid for sex in last 12 months (MV793 = 1).",
"MV793B": "Condom used every time respondent paid someone in exchange for having sexual intercourse. BASE: Men who used a condom during last time he paid for sex (MV793A = 1)."
},
"MREC80": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n157",
"MV820": "Condom use at first sexual intercourse. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. BASE: Youth 15-24 who ever had sex.",
"MV822": "Wife justified asking husband to use condom if he has an STI. BASE: All men Get AIDS",
"MV823": "Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means. BASE: Men who heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV824": "Drugs to avoid AIDS transmission to baby during pregnancy. BASE: Men who heard of AIDS and know HIV can be transmitted during pregnancy, during delivery or during breastfeeding (MV751 = 1 and MV744A=1 or MV744B=1 or MV744C=1).",
"MV825": "Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS. BASE: Men who heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1). AIDS Test",
"MV826": "The last time the respondent was tested. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV826A": "Months ago most recent HIV test BASE: Men who have been tested for HIV (MV781 = 1).",
"MV827": "Last test was on your own, offered or required. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV828": "Did get results for last test. BASE: Men who have been tested for HIV (MV781 = 1).",
"MV829": "Place were last AIDS test was taken. BASE: Men who have been tested for HIV (MV781 = 1). Time since last intercourse",
"MV832B": "With next to last sexual partner BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV832C": "With second to last sexual partner BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 2). Condom use last 12 months every time had sex",
"MV833A": "With last sex partner BASE: Men who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the last sexual partner (MV766B > 0 and MV761 = 1).",
"MV833B": "With next to last sex partner BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the last sexual partner (MV766B > 1 and MV761 = 1).",
"MV833C": "With second to last sex partner BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months, and used a condom during sexual intercourse with the last sexual partner (MV766B > 2 and MV761 = 1). Age of last 3 recent partners",
"MV834A": "Age of most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (MV766B > 0).",
"MV834B": "Age of 2nd to most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV834C": "Age of 3rd to most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 2). Alcohol consumption during sexual intercourse The questions pertaining to MV835A, MV835B and MV835C are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV835A": "Last time",
"MV835B": "Next to last time",
"MV835C": "Second to last time",
"MV836": "Total lifetime number of sexual partners. BASE: Men who had sexual intercourse (MV525 <> 0).",
"MV837": "Heard of drugs to help infected people to live longer. This question is no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VII recode. Knows someone denied services because of AIDS last 12 months The questions pertaining to MV844, MV845, MV846, MV847, MV848 and MV849 are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV844": "Health services",
"MV845": "Social events",
"MV846": "Verbally abused.",
"MV847": "People with AIDS should be ashamed of themselves.",
"MV848": "People with AIDS should be blamed for bringing disease to community.",
"MV849": "Children 12-14 should wait for sex until marriage. Attitudes towards life sex for men and Women The questions pertaining to MV851A to MV851L are no longer part of the DHS VII core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VII recode.",
"MV851A": "Young men should wait for sex until marriage.",
"MV851B": "Most young men wait for sex until marriage.",
"MV851C": "Unmarried sexually active men should only having sex with one partner.",
"MV851D": "Most unmarried sexually active men have only one partner.",
"MV851E": "Married men should only have sex with their wives.",
"MV851F": "Most married men only have sex with their wives.",
"MV851G": "Young women should wait for sex until marriage.",
"MV851H": "Most young women wait for sex until marriage.",
"MV851I": "Unmarried sexually active women should have only one partner.",
"MV851J": "Most unmarried sexually active women have only one partner.",
"MV851K": "Married women should only have sex with their husbands.",
"MV851L": "Most married women only have sex with their husbands.",
"MV852A": "How long ago first had sex with most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (MV766B > 0).",
"MV852B": "How long ago first had sex with 2nd most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV852C": "How long ago first had sex with 3rd most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 2).",
"MV853A": "Times in last 12 months had sex with most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 1 sexual partner during the last 12 months (MV766B > 0).",
"MV853B": "Times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV853C": "Times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd most recent partner BASE: Men who had at least 3 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 2). Concurrency For information on concurrency please refer to “Concurrent Sexual Partnerships and HIV Infection: Evidence from National Population Based Surveys”, DHS Working Papers No. 62, 2009 by Vinod Mishra and Simona Bignami-Van Asshe. This publication can be downloaded from dhsprogram.com.",
"MV854A": "Concurrent sexual partners BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV854B": "Cumulative concurrent sexual partners BASE: Men who had at least 2 sexual partners during the last 12 months (MV766B > 1).",
"MV856": "Knowledge and use of HIV test kits BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV857A": "Whether the respondent thinks children with HIV should be allowed to attend school with children not having HIV BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV857B": "Whether the respondent thinks that people hesitate to take an HIV test because they are afraid of how other people will react to a positive result BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV857C": "Whether people talk badly about people with or believed to have HIV BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV857D": "Whether people with HIV or believed to have HIV lose the respect of other people BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1).",
"MV858": "Whether the respondent fear to get HIV from contact with salvia of a person with HIV BASE: Respondents who have heard of AIDS (MV751 = 1)."
},
"MRECGC": {
"DHS": "VII Standard RecodeAugust 29, 2018\n158",
"MG100": "Ever heard of female circumcision.",
"MG101": "Ever heard of genital cutting (probed). Benefits of circumcision BASE: Ever heard of circumcision (MG100 = 1 or MG101 = 1).",
"MG117A": "Cleanliness/hygiene",
"MG117B": "Social acceptance",
"MG117C": "Better marriage prospects",
"MG117D": "Preserve virginity, prevent premarital sex",
"MG117E": "More sexual pleasure for men",
"MG117F": "Religious approval",
"MG117G": "Country specific",
"MG117H": "Country specific",
"MG117I": "Country specific",
"MG117J": "Country specific",
"MG117X": "Other",
"MG117Y": "No benefit",
"MG118": "Circumcision is required by religion",
"MG119": "Circumcision should continue or be stopped"
}
}
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