10.17037/DATA.12
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.
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 |