IPTi Household Survey 1 - Birth History dataset codebook

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.12

Description

The dataset outlines birth histories and care given to live born children provided by women of reproductive age (15-49) who gave birth or were pregnant between 1999 and 2004. It was captured during the IPTi 1st household survey of 5 Districts in Southern Tanzania in 2004.

Data codebook

The following variables are contained in the BirthHistory_2004t dataset.

Variable Name Variable Label Answer Label Answer Code Variable Type
hh1 District     Numeric
    Tandahimba 1  
    Newala 2  
    Lindi Rural 3  
    Nachingwea 4  
    Ruangwa 5  
hh2 Division     Numeric
hh3 Ward Open ended   String
hh5 Cluster Number Open ended   Numeric
hh6 Household Number Open ended   Numeric
hh9 Date of Interview Open ended   String
hh14a Individual Id Open ended   String
starttime Intervention start time Open ended   String
endtime Intervention end time Open ended   String
m4 Have you ever given birth to a child?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Not completed .  
m5 Do you have children that you gave birth to staying with you these days?      
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Not completed .  
m6 Number of boys staying with mother Open ended   Numeric
m7 Number of girls staying with mother Open ended   Numeric
m8 Do you have children living at another place?     String
    N N  
    Y Y  
    Uncompleted .  
m9 Number of boys living at another place Open ended   Numeric
m10 Number of girls living at another place Open ended   Numeric
m11 Have you ever given to a child who unfortunately later died?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m12 Have you ever given birth to a child who later died?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m13 How many boys unfortunately died soon after delivery? Open ended   Numeric
m14 How many boys unfortunately died soon after delivery? Open ended   Numeric
m15 Is the number of children you have ever given birth to correct? Open ended   Numeric
m16a Was this child born within the past five years, that is since 1998?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m16b How many children were born within the past five years,i.e. since 1999? (nochild99) Open ended   Numeric
m28 Have you given birth to other children since the (youngest) was born?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m30 For the last child to be born, where were they born?     Numeric
    Home 1  
    Local birth attendant 2  
    Health centre or Hospital 3  
    Other 4  
    Uncompleted .  
m30a Why was the child born at home?     Numeric
    Far from hospital 1  
    Don't have money 2  
    No good service/it is not satisfactory/bad 3  
    Other 4  
    Uncompleted .  
m31 Is she pregnant now?      
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m32 How many months pregnant are you? Open ended   Numeric
m33 Did you sleep under a mosquito net last night?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Don't know 9  
    Uncompleted .  
m34 Have you ever treated your mosquito net with insecticide?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Don't know 9  
    Uncompleted .  
m35a When was the mosquito net last treated? (year) YYYY   Numeric
m35b When was the mosquito net last treated? (month) 1 to 12   Numeric
m36 Have you been pregnant in the past one year, that is since July or August last year?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Not completed .  
m37 How long did your pregnancy last? (Number of months) Open ended   Numeric
m38 What was the result of your pregnancy?     Numeric
    Still birth 1  
    Miscarriage 2  
    Abortion 3  
    Live birth 4  
    Uncompleted .  
m39 In your last pregnancy did you go to the clinic?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m40 When you went to the clinic, were you given the medicine to prevent malaria?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Uncompleted .  
m41 What medicine were you given to prevent malaria?     Numeric
    SP/fansider 1  
    Other nedicine 2  
    do not know 9  
    Uncompleted .  
m42 When you were pregnant, how many doses did you take of that medicine? Open ended   Numeric
m43 At the clinic, were you asked if you would like to get SP medicine to prevent malaria?     Numeric
    No 0  
    Yes 1  
    Don't know 9  
    Uncompleted .  
m44a Why did you not use the medicine?     Numeric
    I don't like 1  
    It can abort the pregnancy 2  
    It can cause other problems 3  
    Other 5  
    Uncompleted .  
m44b Other reasons for not using the medicine Open ended   String