Recode6 DHS 22march2013 DHSG4

STAnDARD RECoDE MAnUAl
for DHS 6
Demographic and Health

Surveys Methodology
This document is part of the Demographic and Health Surveys DHS Toolkit of methodology
for the MEASURE DHS Phase III project, implemented from 2008-2013.
This publication was produced for review by the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID). It was prepared by MEASURE DHS/ICF International.
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Description
of the
Demographic and Health Surveys
Individual Recode
Data File
DHS VI
Version 1.0
(With differences from DHS V)
March 22, 2013

Foreword
DHS surveys collect primary data using several types of questionnaires. A household questionnaire is used to
collect information on characteristics of the household's dwelling unit, and data related to the height and
weight for women and children in the household. It is also used to identify members of the household who are
eligible for an individual interview. Eligible respondents are then interviewed using an individual
questionnaire.
In a majority of DHS surveys eligible individuals include women of reproductive age (15-49) and men age
15-59, or in some cases 15-54. In some countries only women are interviewed. Individual questionnaires
include information on fertility, family planning and maternal and child health. Data are available from DHS
for each of these surveys by request through the mail or from our web site at www.measuredhs.com. Data
from DHS surveys are produced in both raw and recode formats. A raw data file includes the data as they
were collected, without any structural changes. These files are generally not distributed, but they are also
available on request. A recode data file is in a standardized format, with the same structure across countries
participating in each DHS phase. This standardization is meant to facilitate comparisons across surveys. This
document describes the standard recode defined for the sixth round of DHS surveys (DHS VI). Recode
structures are defined for households, women and men.
DHS also collects data using other types of surveys and questionnaires. These include surveys of education,
health service providers, communities, household health expenditures, young adults, and others. These data
are also available, but there are no recode definitions for them.
Data Archive,
Demographic and Health Surveys - MEASURE DHS
Table of Contents
General Description ........................................................................................................................................ 1
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 1
Rationale for Recoding ................................................................................................................. 1
Data File Structure ........................................................................................................................ 2
Coding Standards .......................................................................................................................... 3
Respondent Identification ............................................................................................................. 4
Record Identification..................................................................................................................... 4
Survey Identification ..................................................................................................................... 4
Century Month Code..................................................................................................................... 5
Imputed Dates ............................................................................................................................... 5
Model Questionnaires ................................................................................................................... 7
Section and Variable Descriptions ................................................................................................ 7
Section and Variable Description Household ............................................................................................ 8
Section and Variable Description - Individual ............................................................................................ 30
Section and Variable Description Men .................................................................................................. 113
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General Description
Introduction
This document contains two parts. The first part is a general discussion of the recode file, including the
rationale for recoding; description of the physical structure in which the recode file is available; coding
standards used in the data file; location of identification information; use of century month codes for dates and
imputation of partial dates; DHS model questionnaires; sections and occurrences. The second part provides a
description of each variable in the data file, giving additional information that is not available in the
dictionary.
Documentation Note
In addition to documenting the DHS VI Individual Recode Data File, this document also highlights the
changes from the DHS V Individual Recode Data File. Additions to the DHS V dictionary are shown in red
text, and deletions are shown with a strikethrough.
Rationale for Recoding

The individual data are transformed into a standardized recode dataset for several reasons:
- First, dates for several key events are imputed as much analysis of the data is based on these events
and their dates are often incomplete or missing. The imputed dates are included in the data file to
allow analysts to produce results consistent with those published by DHS and to save analysts the
time and trouble of creating their own imputation schemes.
- Second, variables as collected in the original questionnaire are in a form convenient for collection
but not always for analysis. Often the same question is asked in several places in the questionnaire,
but to different respondents. In the recode file these variables are combined and created in a form
that is easy to use for analysis.
- Third, summary variables are often necessary in analysis and many of these, including the summary
variables that are used in the DHS reports, are included in the recode file.
- Fourth, certain indices, particularly the anthropometric indices from the height and weight data, are
calculated from the data and included in the recode file.
- Finally, and in many ways most importantly, the data in the recode file are in a standardized format
allowing easy comparison of data between countries.
The DHS approach to creating standardized individual recode data files for each country is part of the DHS
policy to make the data accessible, providing the analyst with the data in the most convenient form for
analysis. This approach, while providing easy access to the data, is not without its pitfalls. DHS strongly
suggests that analysts become familiar with the questionnaires used in the surveys they are analyzing.
The questionnaires used in one country, while containing essentially the same information, may be different
in many ways from those used in another country. In creating the standardized individual recode data files
these differences require special consideration and total standardization is obviously not possible. The recode
data file is structured in two parts, standard sections and country-specific sections. The standard sections
contain the same variables in the same positions for all countries. The country-specific sections contain all
variables specific to the country and so are not standardized across countries.
DHS VI individual recode 1 March 22, 2013

Data File Structure
The recode data file is available in two different structures; the structure to use depends on the hardware and
software requirements of the analyst:
Flat Each record of the data file represents one case (respondent), with all variables being placed
one after the other on the same record. The repeating sections of the recode file are placed
one after the other on the record, with the maximum number of occurrences of each section
being represented in the data file. Each variable in a repeating section is placed immediately
after the preceding variable of the same occurrence, such that all variables for occurrence 1
precede all variables for occurrence 2 of a section. For example, in the birth history BIDX,
BORD, B0, B1 etc. for the first occurrence appear followed by the second occurrence of
BIDX, BORD, B0, B1 etc. The length of the records in the data file is fixed, exceeding 4000
characters in total. The total size of the data file is on average approximately 40M bytes,
depending on the sample size, with the largest files being over 380 M bytes in size. The flat
file is designed for users using statistical packages that only support data structures
containing a fixed number of records per case. This format is similar to the format of the
World Fertility Survey standard recode files. An SPSS/PC+, SAS or STATA data file
description is distributed with this file format.
Hierarchical In the hierarchical data structure, records exist only for the occurrences of the sections that
are necessary. As an example, if a woman has 6 children there will be 6 records in the birth
history section. The total size of the file is approximately 25 M bytes, depending on the
sample size, with the largest files being over 265 M bytes in size. The hierarchical data
structure is designed for use with CSPro and is distributed with a CSPro dictionary.
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Coding Standards
Special codes are used throughout the data file for certain responses. The general coding scheme is presented
below. The codes given apply to 4 digit, 3 digit, 2 digit and 1 digit variables, respectively. If there are other
special responses to questions, these are coded in decreasing order from these special codes, i.e., 9996, 996,
96, 6; 9995, 995, 95, 5; etc.
BLANK Variable is not applicable for this respondent either because the question was not
asked in a particular country or because the question was not asked of this
respondent due to the flow or skip pattern of the questionnaire.
9999, 999, 99, 9 This question should have been answered by the respondent, but the questionnaire
contained no information for this variable (missing data).
9998, 998, 98, 8 The respondent replied "Don't know" to this question.
9997, 997, 97, 7 The answer to this question was inconsistent with other responses in the
questionnaire and it was thought that this response was probably in error. The
response was changed to this code to avoid further problems due to inconsistency of
information. This usually takes place during the secondary editing stage of data
processing.
In addition a code of 0 is generally used as a negative response in the data file. For example, "No education"
is coded 0 for V106, "No problem" is coded 0 for V467A, and a simple response of "No" is coded 0 in all
standard sections of the data file. In the country-specific sections of the data file, variables are generally
coded in the same way as they were on the questionnaire and a "No" answer usually has code 0.
In certain questions a two-digit coding scheme is used in which the first digit, representing the major coding
category, is standard, but the second digit is country-specific. This applies to questions such as those relating
to water source, toilet facilities, and source of contraception. For example, for source of contraception the
major categories are:
1 Public Sector
2 Private Medical Sector
3 Other Private Sector
4 Other
The coding scheme for V326 (last source of contraception for current users of modern methods) might use
codes such as:
11 Government hospital
12 Government health center
...
21 Private hospital or clinic
22 Private doctor
...
31 Shop
...
In the above coding scheme, the first digit is the standard major category; the second digit is country-specific.

Respondent Identification
Each record of the data file starts with the identification for each case in the data file, and has the variable
name CASEID (see description of CASEID). It occupies the first 15 character positions of each record,
irrespective of the type of data file structure.
Record Identification
For hierarchical data files, each record has an identifying code in character positions 16-17 of the record.
This record identification identifies the section of the data file that is contained on the record (e.g., 21 for the
birth history). Repeating sections will have the same record identification for each occurrence of the section,
and a variable following the record identification in each section, specifies which occurrence of the section
the record represents.
Survey Identification
For each survey there is a two-character alphabetic country identification code plus a one-digit data structure
code in variable V000. The variable V000 occupies positions 16-18 of the record for flat files, and positions
18-20 of the first record of the hierarchical data files. The one-digit data structure code is always 6 for DHS
VI surveys, except for those DHS VI surveys that used DHS V model questionnaires/recode structure (5).
The country codes are as follows:
DHS VI:
Afghanistan AF Haiti HT Niger NI
Angola AO Honduras HN Nigeria NG
Armenia AM India IA Pakistan PK
Azerbaijan AZ Indonesia ID Peru PE
Bangladesh BD Jordan JO Rwanda RW
Benin BJ Kenya KE Senegal SN
Burundi BU Kyrgyz Republic KY South Africa ZA
Cambodia KH Lao People's Dem. Rep. LA Swaziland SZ
Colombia CO Lesotho LS Tajikistan TJ
Congo (Brazzaville) CG Liberia LB Tanzania TZ
Congo Dem. Rep. CD Madagascar MD Timor-Leste TP
Cote d'Ivoire CI Malawi MW Uganda UG
Egypt EG Mali ML Yemen YE
Ethiopia ET Mauritania MR Zambia ZM
Gabon GA Mozambique MZ Zimbabwe ZW
Gambia GM Namibia NM
Guinea GN Nepal NP

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Century Month Code
All dates in the data file are expressed in terms of months and years and also as century month codes. A
century month code (CMC) is the number of the month since the start of the century. For example, January
1900 is CMC 1, January 1901 is CMC 13, January 1980 is CMC 961, and September 1994 is CMC 1137.
The CMC for a date is calculated from the month and year as follows:
CMC = (YY * 12) + MM for month MM in year 19YY.
To calculate the month and year from the CMC use the following formulae:
YY = int((CMC - 1) / 12)
MM = CMC - (YY * 12)
For Dates in 2000 and after the CMC is calculated as follows:
CMC = ((YYYY-1900) * 12) + MM for month MM in year YYYY.
To calculate the month and year from the CMC use the following formulae:
YYYY = int((CMC - 1) / 12)+1900

MM = CMC - ((YYYY-1900) * 12)
Imputed Dates
For key events in the respondent's life, dates have been imputed when the full date of the event was not
provided by the respondent or in some cases if dates are inconsistent (e.g. less than 7 months between births).
These events are the date of birth of the respondent, the date of first union or marriage, the date of birth of
each child of the respondent, the date of conception of the current pregnancy (based on the duration of
pregnancy), the date of start of use of current method, and the date of the interview. For each of these dates
only the imputed data are available in the recode data file, but a date flag has been included in the file to show
what format the information was in prior to imputation, and what basis was used for the imputation. The
codes for this date flag are as follows:
1 Both month and year of the event were specified and so no imputation was necessary.
2 The year of the event was not given, but the month of the event and the age of the respondent
or child or, in the case of the date of first union, the respondent's age at first union were
specified. In most cases this information uniquely identifies the exact date of the event. In a
few cases the year of the event was imputed from a choice of two possible years.
3 The year of the event, but not the month, and the age of the respondent or child or, in the
case of the date of first union, the respondent's age at first union were specified and only the
month of the event was imputed.
4 The year of birth, but not the month, and the age of the respondent or child were specified.
However, in surveys where it is believed the year of birth is calculated from the age, the year
of birth is ignored when the year of birth plus the age add up to the year of interview.
5 The year of the event was given but the month of the event was not specified, and neither
was the age. The month of the event was imputed.
6 Neither the month nor the year of the event were specified, but age was given and the year
and month of the event were imputed from the age.
7 Only the month of the event was given, without the year or age. The year of the event was
imputed from other information. (For current pregnancy, duration of pregnancy was given.)

8 No information was given concerning the date of the event. But month and year of the event
were imputed from other information. (For current pregnancy, duration of pregnancy was
not given.)
For the date of conception of the current pregnancy, only codes 7 and 8 are used. The date of
interview is required to be fully specified in all cases and so no imputation is necessary for this
variable and no format flag exists for the date of interview.
A full description of the imputation process is given in the DHS Data Processing Manual.

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Model Questionnaires
Two core questionnaires were used during the DHS surveys, Model "A" questionnaire for High Contraceptive
Prevalence Countries and Model "B" questionnaire for Low Contraceptive Prevalence Countries. The two
questionnaires contain basically the same information, although the Model "A" questionnaire contains a
detailed calendar of events in the five years preceding the interview, whereas the Model "B" questionnaire
contains a simpler series of questions.
In the variable description section that follows, the column labeled "Model" indicates in which questionnaire
the question is asked. An "A" indicates that the variable refers to a question asked only in countries that used
a Model "A" questionnaire, and a "B" indicates that the variable relates to a question asked only in countries
that used the Model "B" questionnaire. If the column is blank, then the question is asked in both Model "A"
and Model "B" questionnaires. If the column contains an "X", then the question is not included in either of
the Model questionnaires, but was used in a sufficient number of surveys to justify its inclusion as a standard
variable. If the column contains "MM", then the questions come from the maternal mortality module. If the
column contains "FG", then the questions come from the female genital cutting module.
Sections and Occurrences

The data file is broken down into a number of logical sections. These sections translate directly into records
for the hierarchical data structures. The logical sections are designed to map the sections of the model
questionnaires, although some sections of the model questionnaire are split into more than one section in the
recode data file. Some of these sections are repeating or multiple occurrence sections while others are single
occurrence sections. Single sections contain simple, single-answer variables.
Multiple sections are used to represent sets of questions that are repeated for a number of events. The birth
history is an example of a multiple section, where questions relating to children are asked for each child, and
each child has an entry in the birth history. Each entry in the multiple section is known as an occurrence of
the section. In hierarchical data files each occurrence of the section occupies a separate record. Multiple
sections are used for sets of questions where the number of occurrences may vary.
In contrast, sets of questions for which there are a fixed number of occurrences are held in a group. A group
is similar to a multiple section, but is stored on a single record for hierarchical files. In addition single
variables may also be included in a section containing a group. In the recode file the contraceptive table
(REC31) is stored as a group containing 20 entries, one for each contraceptive method. For the flat files there
is no difference between groups and multiple sections.
Section and Variable Descriptions

The section description following gives an outline of the sections of the recode file and the types of
information they contain. The description is based on the hierarchical files. The section description gives the
name of the section, the section code used to identify the section in the data file, the length of the record for
that section, the section class (S for single and M for multiple), the minimum and maximum number of
occurrences of the section in each case, and the section label.
The section description is followed by variable descriptions. The variable descriptions provide additional
background information relating to each variable.

Section and Variable Description Household
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Level Label Level Name Type Rec
Record Label Record Name Value Req Max Len
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HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD
Household's basic data RECH0 H00 Yes 1 121
Household Schedule RECH1 H01 No 90 59
Household Characteristics RECH2 H02 No 1 146
Survey specific Household variables RECH3 H03 No 1 18
Survey specific Household Schedule variables RECH4 H04 No 90 20
Women Height/Weight/Hemoglobin RECH5 H05 No 20 117
Children Height/Weight/Hemoglobin RECH6 H06 No 20 133
Men Height/Weight/Hemoglobin RECHMA HMA ? 20 116
Malaria: by Mosquito Bed Net RECHML HML ? 7 43
Malaria: by Household Member RECHMH HMH ? 90 50
? Implies that the entry is country-specific

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Section H00 (RECH0) Household's Basic Data
Var Model Description
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 VI following this standard, this code will be 6. For example: DR6 is the Dominican
Republic, HT6 is Haiti and KH6 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 interview

HV007 Year of interview
HV008 Century month code of date of interview (see note on century month codes).
HV009 Total number of household members indicates the number of entries to be found in RECH1.
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: female,
aged between 15 and 49. In some countries, the eligibility criteria restrict the survey to ever-
married 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 interview
HV017 Number of visits for the 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
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assumed to be countryside. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire,
but the variable is kept in the DHS VI 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 mens 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.
HV033 Ultimate area unit selection probability is the probability of selection of the ultimate area
unit, ignoring the household selection. This variable can be used in conjunction with data for
the sample point, such as service availability data.
HV035 Number of children under five eligible for height and weight.
HV040 Cluster altitude in meters. Used to adjust the anemia measurement for altitude.
HV041 Number of women (and men) eligible for height and weight measured.
HV042 Household selected for hemoglobin measurements.
HV043 Household selected for womens status module.
HV044 Household selected for the domestic violence module.

Section H01 (RECH1) Household Schedule
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 = > HV108
0 => 0
1 => HV107
2 => HV107+x
3 => HV107+y
9 => 99
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 VI core questionnaire, but the
variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
HV111 Whether the mother of the household member is still alive.

BASE: All children in the household aged less than 17.
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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.
HV113 Whether the father of the household member is still alive.

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.
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 the
women 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.
HV123 Grade of education at the level of education attended during current school year.
HV124 Education in single years during current school year.
HV125 Household member attended school during previous school year. This question is no longer
part of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
HV126 Educational level attended during previous school year. This question is no longer part of the
DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
HV127 Grade of education at the educational level during previous school year. This question is no
longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
HV128 Education in single years during- previous school year. This question is no longer part of the

HV129 School attendance status.

0 Never attended. Children with no education.
1 Entered school. Children who did not attend school the previous year but are
currently enrolled.
2 Advanced. Children at a current level that is higher than the previous year
3 Repeating. Children who are at the same level than the previous year or at a level
less than the previous year.
4 Dropout. Children who were at school the previous year but not currently attending
school.
5 Left school 2+ years ago. Children who are not currently attending school and did
not go to school the previous year.
8 Dont know
Very sick for 3 months or more last year
HV130 Member has been very sick for 3+ months last year
HV131 Mother has been very sick for 3+ months last year.
HV132 Father has been very sick for 3+ months last year.
HV133 Mother/father dead or been very sick for 3+ months
HV134 Both parents alive
HV135 Has brothers/sisters under 18 of the same father and mother

HV136 Brothers/sisters under 18 that don't live in household
HV137 Member has a blanket

HV138 Member has a pair of shoes
HV139 Member has 2+ sets of clothes
HV140 Member has a birth certificate.

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Section H02 (RECH2) Household Characteristics
HV201 Major source of drinking water for members of the household. Individual codes are country-
specific, but the major categories are standard.
HV202 Major source of water for household use other than for drinking. Individual codes are
country-specific, but the major categories are standard.
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 who use rainwater or bottled water (HV201 <> 11 &
HV201 <> 21 & HV201 <> 41 & HV201 <> 61). 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, 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 Have a bednet for sleeping.
HV228 Children under 5 slept under bednet last night.

BASE: All children under age 5 who slept under bednet the previous night.
HV230A Place where household members wash their hands
HV230B Presence of water at hand washing place

BASE (HV230B HV232Y): All households where the place where members most often
wash their hands was observed (HV230A = 1)
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)

HV234A Result of salt test for iodine
HV235 Location of source for water

BASE: Households whose source of drinking water is not piped into dwelling/yard/plot
or rain water (HV201<> 11, 12, 51).
HV236 Person fetching water

HV237 Anything done to water to make safe to drink
Usual water treatment

BASE: 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

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HV239 Food cooked on stove or open fire
HV240 Household has a chimney, hood or neither
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
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 Livestock, herds or farm animals
Household owns livestock, herds or farm animals:

HV246A Cattle
HV246B Cows, bulls
HV246C Horses, donkeys, mules
HV246D Goats
HV246E Sheep
HV246F Chickens
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
HV248 Number of sick people 18-59

HV249 Member of the HH died last 12 months
HV250 Number of members who died last 12 months
HV251 Number of orphans and vulnerable children
HV252 Frequency household members smoke inside the house
HV253 Has dwelling been sprayed against mosquitoes in last 12 months
Dwelling sprayed against mosquitos by:

BASE (HV253A HV253Z): All households that reported their dwelling was sprayed.
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 households 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)
HML1 Number of mosquito nets

HML1A Number of mosquito nets with specific information
HML2 Number of children under bednet previous night

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Sections H03-H04 (RECH3-RECH4) Country-Specific Household Variables
The following sections will appear in the household recode data file as needed on a country-specific basis.
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.

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Sections H05 (RECH5) Womens height/weight and hemoglobin Variables

HA0 Index to household schedule.
HA1 Women's age in years.
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 VI womens result of measurement is a combination of the measurements of the

respondents 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 to8.
HA32 Date of birth (cmc).
HA33 Completeness of information.
HA35 Smoking.
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 7.1g/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 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.
HA60 Marital status

BASE: Woman in the age range 15 - 17.
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)
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

HA67 Woman's highest year of education
BASE: All women that have primary, secondary or higher level education
HA68 Highest educational level (Country specific for preliminary and final reports)
HA69 HIV weight (6 decimals)
HA70 Interviewer that took blood for HIV testing

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Section H06 (RECH6) Childrens Height/Weight/Hemoglobin Variables

HC0 Index to household schedule
HC1 Age in months
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 VI childrens result of measurement is a combination of the measurements of the

childs weight and height. All chidren 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 to8.
HC15 Height: lying or standing
HC16 Day of birth of child
HC17 Date measured (day)

HC18 Date measured (month)
HC19 Date measured (year)
HC27 Sex of the child
HC30 Month of birth of child

HC31 Year of birth of child
HC32 Date of birth (CMC)
HC33 Completeness of information
HC51 Line number of parent/caretaker

BASE: All children born before six month of interview date.

Anemia testing:
HC52 Read consent statement
BASE: All children born before six month of interview date.
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
HC60 Mother's line number from woman's questionnaire
HC61 Mother's highest educational level
HC62 Mother's highest year of education

BASE: Mothers with primary, secondary or higher education (HC61<> 0 and HC61<>
missing)
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.

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Section HMA (RECHMA) Mens Height/Weight/Hemoglobin Variables

HB0 Index to household schedule
HB1 Men's age in years
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 In DHS VI the result of height and weight measurement is a combination of the
measurements of the respondents 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 to8.
HB32 Date of birth (CMC)
HB33 Completeness of information
HB35 Smoking
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

HB58 Agrees to referral
HB60 Marital status

BASE: All men in the age range 15 17.
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

HB67 Man's highest year of education
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 Interviewer that took blood for HIV testing

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Section HML (RECHML) Malaria Module for Nets Variables
HMLIDX Net number
HML3 Net observed.
HML4 Months ago obtained mosquito net.
HML5 Was net treated with insecticide when bought.
HML6 Mosquito net treated with insecticide.
HML7 Brand of bednet.
HML8 Bednet treated since receiving.
HML9 Months ago re-treated.
HML10 ITN net
HML11 Number of persons who slept under this net
HML21 Did someone sleep under bednet last night
Line number of person slept under a mosquito net:

HMLA First.
HMLB Second.
HMLC Third.
HMLD Fourth.
HMLE Fifth.

Section HMH (RECHMH) Malaria for Household Members Variables
(RECHM2 was in RECODE V but not in RECODE VI)

HMHIDX Index to household schedule.
HML12 Type of bednet(s) person slept under last night.
Net number a person slept under last night:

HML13 First net.
HML14 Second net.
HML15 Third net.
HML16 Corrected age from individual questionnaire.

HML16A Age in months (for children)
HML17 Flag for HV105 age from individual file.
HML18 Pregnancy from individual questionnaire.
HML19 Person slept under an ever treated bednet.

HML20 Person slept under an LLIN net
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

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Section HSK (RECHSK) Support for Sick People Variables
HSKIDX Index to household schedule.
HS100 Free medical support last 12 months.

HS101 Medical support at least once a month.
HS102 Free emotional support last 12 months.

HS103 Emotional support last 30 days.
HS104 Free material support last 12 months.

HS105 Material support last 30 days.
HS106 Free social support last 12 months.

HS107 Social support last 30 days.
HS108 Pain last 30 days.

HS109 Able to reduce the pain.
HS110 Nausea last 30 days.

HS111 Able to reduce the nausea.

Section HDP (RECHDP) Support for Households with Persons who have Died Variables
HDPIDX Column number.
HD100 Sex.
HD101 Age.
HD102 Sick at least 3 of 12 months before death.
HD103 Free medical supplies last 12 months.

HD104 Medical support at least 1 month.
HD105 Emotional support last 12 months.

HD106 Emotional support last 30 days.
HD107 Free material support last 12 months.

HD108 Material support last 30 days.
HD109 Free social support last 12 months.

HD110 Social support last 30 days.
HD111 Last 30 days severe pain.

HD112 Able to reduce the pain.
HD113 Nausea last 30 days.

HD114 Able to reduce the nausea.

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Section HSK (RECHOV) Support for Orphans and Vulnerable Childrens Variables
HOVIDX Index to household schedule.
HO100 Age of child.
HO101 Free medical support last 12 months.
HO102 Free emotional support last 12 months.

HO103 Emotional support last 3 months.
HO104 Free material support last 12 months.

HO105 Material support last 3 months.
HO106 Free social support last 12 months.

HO107 Social support last 3 months.
HO108 Free any support.

Section and Variable Description - Individual
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WOMAN WOMAN
Respondent's basic data REC01 W01 Yes 1 121
Respondent's basic data (continued) REC11 W11 No 1 123
Reproduction and Birth History REC21 W21 No 20 55
Reproduction (continued) REC22 W22 No 1 99
Contraception Table REC31 W31 No 1 101
Contraception Knowledge and Use REC32 W32 No 1 151
Maternity REC41 W41 No 6 200
Health and Breastfeeding REC42 W42 No 1 243
Child's Health and Vaccinations REC43 W43 No 6 245
Child's Height and Weight REC44 W44 No 6 109
Marriage and Sexual Exposure REC51 W51 No 1 64
Fertility Preferences REC61 W61 No 1 56
Partner's Characteristics REC71 W71 No 1 59
AIDS, STIs and Condom Use REC75 W75 No 1 166
HIV, STIs and Condom Use (continued) REC80 W80 No 1 107
Characteristics of Interview REC81 W81 No 1 41
Calendar REC82 W82 ? 9 99
Maternal Mortality REC83 W83 ? 20 53
Maternal Mortality (suite) REC84 W84 ? 1 38
Malaria RECML WL1 ? 6 82
Domestic Violence RECDV WD1 ? 1 204
Female Genital Cutting RECG1 WG1 ? 1 55
Female Genital Cutting - roster for daughters RECG2 WG2 ? 20 26
Country specific variables REC91 W91 ? 1 18
Country specific Birth History variables REC92 W92 ? 20 20
Country specific Maternity variables REC94 W94 ? 6 19
Country specific Health and Vaccination variables REC95 W95 ? 6 19
Country specific Height and weight variables REC96 W96 ? 6 19
Country specific REC97 W97 ? 6 18

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Section W01 (REC01) Respondent's Basic Data

CASEID Case identification, 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 VI this code will be 6. For example: BJ6 is Benin, KH6 is
Cambodia, CO6 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
V005 Sample weight is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample
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 interview

V007 Year of interview
V008 Century month code of date of interview (see note on century month 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).

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) 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.
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
V016 Day of the month in which the interview took place
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 A 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. In the model B questionnaire only 1 column is used and 4
columns in the model A questionnaire.
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
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-

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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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in DHS VI the
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
occupies 3 digits.
V029 Data entry keyer code is a copy of V806. Codes are country-specific.
V030 Field supervisor's codes are country-specific. This variable uses 3.

V031 Field editor's codes are country-specific. This variable uses 3.
V032 Office editor's codes are country-specific.
V033 Ultimate area unit selection probability is the probability of selection of the ultimate area
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
V043 Selection for women's status module. This variable is set to not applicable in case there is no
womens status module.
V044 Selection for domestic violence module. This variable is set to not applicable in case there is
no domestic violence module.

V101 De facto region of residence. Region in which the respondent was interviewed. Codes are
country-specific. This variable is now two digits. 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 rural. Note that this is not the respondent'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 VI core questionnaire, but the
variable is kept in DHS VI 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. This question is no longer part of the
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). This question is no
BASE: All respondents except those answering "Always" or "Visitor" to V104 (V104 <> 95
& V104 <> 96).
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 Major 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
BASE: All respondents except those with drinking water either piped to, or available from a
well in, the residence, yard or plot, or who use rainwater or bottled water (V113 <> 11 &
V113 <> 21 & V113 <> 41 & V113 <> 61). The actual selection criteria is country-specific.
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
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V121 A television
V122 A refrigerator
Whether a 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 = > V133
0 => 0
1 => V107
2 => V107+x
3 => V107+y
9 => 99
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable
is kept in the DHS VI 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
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
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Inflation factors for ever-married samples
Variables AWFACTT to AWFACTE are standard inflation factors to be applied to the denominators
when using ever-married samples to produce estimates for all women. To produce theses estimates
for all women it is necessary to apply the inflation factors to account for the proportion of women
who were never married. Each factor is stored in 5-digit variables, with two implied decimal places.
A value of 00128 means an inflation factor of 1.28 should be applied to the individual case to allow
for never- married women. This means that for every 100 ever-married women found in the
household schedule of a particular age and with the same background characteristic, there are 128
women in total, i.e. 100 ever-married women plus 28 never-married women. These inflation factors
are used in the calculation of fertility rates, median ages at first union and first birth, mean number of
children ever born, and other all-woman-based estimates. Note that these inflation factors do not
need to be used when the denominator for an estimate only includes women who have ever been
married. Four standard factors are produced for ever-married samples. Additional factors may
appear as country-specific inflation factors if they were calculated to produce tabulations for the final
report of a particular country. Country-specific variables are located in REC91.
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 schooling can read a whole or
part of a sentence showed. A respondent who attended secondary education or higher are
coded 2 as well as respondent who could read a whole 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 VI core
questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
V157 Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine

V158 Frequency of listening to radio
V159 Frequency of watching television
V160 Toilet facilities shared with other households

V161 Type of cooking fuel
V166 Results of salt iodine test
V167 Number of trips in last 12 months

V168 Away for more than one month in last 12 months
V190 For a brief explanation of the Wealth index see HV270.

V191 Wealth index factor score (5 decimals).
ML101 Type of bednet(s) slept under last night.

Section W21 (REC21) Reproduction
The birth history contains up to 20 entries for births, and is ordered in reverse order such that the last birth is
given first in the birth history and the first birth is given last. For respondents with more than 20 births, the
birth history contains the last 19 births plus the first birth. However, all variables relating to intervals between
births are calculated based on the actual births, and not just the births given in the birth history. The variable
V224 contains the count of entries in the birth history, and is thus the index to the last entry in the birth
history which contains the information relating to the first birth.
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.
B8 Current age of the child in single years for all living children
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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.
B11 Preceding birth interval is calculated as the difference in months between the current birth
and the previous birth, counting twins as one birth.
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.
BASE: All births except the last birth and its twins.
B13 Flag for age at death is coded as follows:

0 No flag
1 Age at death plus the date of birth would place the death after the interview
2 Age at death is less than the reported duration of breastfeeding
3 Age at death is less than the age the child was first given supplemental foods
4 Age at death is less than age the child was first breastfed
5 Age at death plus the date of birth would place the death before the last vaccination
6 Reported age at death is outside the range expected for the units given
7 Age at death was imputed, however the units were given
8 Age at death was imputed, no units were given
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

Example Birth History:
BIDX BORD B0 B1 B2 B3 B4 B5 B6 B7 B8 B9 B10 B11 B12 B13 B15 B16

1 5 2 2 2005 1262 1 1 0 0 1 36 0 6
2 4 1 2 2005 1262 2 1 0 0 1 36 0 5
3 3 0 2 2002 1226 2 1 3 0 1 24 36 0 4
4 2 0 2 2000 1202 1 2 206 6 1 29 24 0 0_____
5 1 0 9 1997 1173 2 1 8 4 1 29 0
In this example there are five children, including a pair of twins. There are two boys and three girls. One of
the boys has died 6 months after he was born, four of the other living children live with their mother and the
other is living elsewhere. Exact dates of birth were available for all the children. The birth intervals are
calculated between births excluding children of multiple births. For example the preceding interval for the
first entry is the difference between the CMC for the first entry and the third entry because the second entry is
a twin of the first entry.

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Section W22 (REC22) Reproduction
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.
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 No flag
1 Duration 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 Duration given plus the duration of amenorrhea after the last birth is greater than the
interval since the last birth
3 Duration was reported, but the respondent's period had not returned since the last
birth
4 Respondent reported her last period was before her last birth, but she had never
given birth
5 Respondent reported never having menstruated, but reported in the maternity section
that her period had returned after her last birth
6 Respondent 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 Respondent reported a duration since her last period, but this would place her last
period during her last pregnancy
8 Respondent reported never having menstruated, but she had children
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V228 A 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 A Month of the last pregnancy termination.

V230 A 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 A 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 A Date flag for the last terminated pregnancy.
V233 A 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 A Whether the respondent had other pregnancy terminations before the last one.
BASE: Respondents who have had one or more terminated pregnancies since the cutoff date
for the calendar/health section (V228 = 1 & V231 >= V017).
V235 A 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
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

Section W31 (REC31) Contraceptive Table
V301 Knowledge of any method is classified into modern, traditional and folkloric methods as
follows: Modern methods are Pill, IUD, Injections, Diaphragm, Condom, Female
Sterilization, Male Sterilization, Implants, female condom, Foam/Jelly and lactational
amenorrhea. Traditional methods are Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm), Withdrawal, and
Abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other". 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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in
the DHS VI recode.
V302A Ever used anything or tried to delay or avoid getting pregnant
Contraceptive Table
The contraceptive table contains entries for 20 contraceptive methods, and for each entry gives
information relating to knowledge of the method, ever use of the method, and knowledge of a source
for the method. Entries 1 to 15 are standard but entries 15 to 20 are used for country-specific
methods. The methods relating to each entry are as follows:
1 Pill 11 NorplantTM or implants

2 IUD 12 Abstinence
3 Injections 13 Lactational amenorrhea
4 Diaphragm 14 Female condom
5 Condom 15 Foam and jelly
6 Female Sterilization 16
7 Male Sterilization 17 Country specific method 1
8 Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm) 18 Country specific method 2
9 Withdrawal 19 Country specific method 3
10 Other methods 20 Country specific method 4
For Foam/Jelly, if questions about the methods are asked separately (for example, foaming tablets in
one set of questions and jelly combined in another set of questions), the original responses are
recorded as country-specific variables and the standard variables presented in this section are a
composite of the two sets of questions.
In general, the list of the methods used in the contraceptive table does not exist. The variable that is
used to recognize these methods is V312. In some cases additional codes are used in the
contraceptive table and these should exist in the documentation of the distributed data file.
The contraceptive table contains variables V304A to V307 as follows:
V304A Whether the method is modern, traditional or folkloric.
V304 Knowledge of the method. If questions relating to the method were not asked in a particular
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V305 Whether the respondent has ever used the contraceptive method. This question is no longer
BASE: Respondents who knew of the method according to V304, either spontaneously (1)
or after probing (being read a description of the method) (2).
V307 Method currently used. This is a multiple occurrence variable that gives all the methods
used by the respondent.
BASE: Respondents who ever used the method according to V305 or knows a method
according to V304 when V305 is not asked.
Example Contraceptive Table:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 . 17 . 20
Pill IUD Inj. Dia. Cond F.S. M.S. P.Ab With Other Norpl Abst Lact. F.C. Jelly CS1 CS4
V304A 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 3 3
V304 1 1 1 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 8 0 1 7 8 8
V305 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
V307 0 0
In this example the entries in the table are shown across the page while the variables in each entry are shown
down the page. The numbers shown above the method names are the occurrence or entry number associated
with that method. The respondent knew eight methods. Diaphragm and foam and jelly were not asked in the
contraceptive table but were asked in the current method used. The respondent never used a method and is
not currently using a method. The respondent is not using the diaphragm or the jelly.

Section W32 (REC32) Contraceptive Use
V310 Number of living children at the time the respondent first used a contraceptive method. This
question is no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the
DHS VI 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.
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.
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 of sterilization of the respondent or her partner (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.
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 >= 13 & V312 <= 16).

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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 VI core questionnaire,
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.
Current use of contraception.

Variables V337 relates to the current use of contraception.
BASE: Current users of contraception (V312 <> 0).
V337 Months of use of the current contraceptive method. For Model "B" questionnaires, if the
number of months of use exceeds 8 years, it is coded as 96 For Model "A" questionnaires, if
the woman is using the method throughout the calendar, the duration is coded as 95.
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 A Last method discontinued in the last five years.
V360 A 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 past contraceptive use. For model "B" questionnaires the questions relating to
contraceptive use since the last birth are not asked and thus the respondent cannot be
categorized as having used a method since the last birth or having only used a method before
the last birth. In countries using the model "B" questionnaire, all past users are given code 3.
In countries using model "A" questionnaires, all women who have not used in the calendar
are treated as past users and given code 3.
V362 Intention to use a contraceptive method in the future is based on two questions in the model
questionnaires, 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 (unsure about timing). In some countries, women who
had never had sexual intercourse were not asked these questions, and are coded 6 on V362.
BASE: All respondents not currently using contraception (V312 = 0).
V363 Preferred future method for respondents intending to use a method in the future. This
DHS VI 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 VI core questionnaire, but
the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
BASE: Pill users (V312 = 1)
V372A Shown condom package. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire,
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
DHS VI 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
DHS VI 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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI
recode.
BASE: Women who says they do not intend to use a method because they are not married
(V376 = 11).
Sources of Contraception.
V379 Source of any method of contraception is formed from a combination of responses. For
current users of modern methods, it is the source of that method. For women who are not
currently using any method, it is a source from which they know they can obtain family
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planning methods, if they know any source. This is not in general part of the standard
questionnaire since it is replaced with a multiple-choice question. However it is left as a
standard variable in case the question asked has only one answer.
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 FP on radio last months
V384B Heard FP on TV last months
V384C Heard FP newspaper last months
Family Planning Related Visits
V393 Whether the respondent was visited by a family planning worker in the twelve months
preceding the interview.
V394 Whether the respondent visited a health facility for any reason in the twelve months
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.
Public Sector
V3A00A Government hospital
V3A00B Country-Specific public sector Government health center
V3A00C Country-Specific public sector FP clinic
V3A00D Country-Specific public sector Mobile clinic
V3A00E Country-Specific public sector Fieldworker
V3A00F Country-Specific public sector
V3A00G Country-Specific public sector
V3A00H Country-Specific public sector
V3A00I Country-Specific public sector Other public sector
Medical Private Sector

V3A00J Private hospital/clinic
V3A00K Private Pharmacy
V3A00L Private Doctor
V3A00M Country-Specific medical private sector Private mobile clinic
V3A00N Country-Specific medical private sector Fieldworker
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 medical private sector
Other Private Sector

V3A00S Country-Specific other private sector Shop
V3A00T Country-Specific other private sector Traditional practitioner
V3A00U Country-Specific other private sector Friend, relative
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.
V3A02 Told about side effects or problems the respondent might have when first obtained the
method she is currently using.
V3A03 Told about side effects by health or FP worker
V3A04 Told how to deal with side effects
V3A05 Told about the availability of other FP methods than the one she is using.
V3A06 Told about other FP methods by health or FP worker
V3A07 First source for current method. This variable is grouped into 4 major categories:
10 Public sector
20 Private medical
30 Other private
96 Other
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.
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 VI core questionnaire, but the
V3A08P Fear of side effects
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V3A08Q Lack of access/too far

V3A08R Costs too much
V3A08S Inconvenient to use
V3A08T Interferes with the bodys processes
V3A08U Preferred method not available Reason not using: Country specific
V3A08V No method available Reason not using: Country specific
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 VI core
BASE: Pill users (V312 = 1).
V3A09B How many condoms did get last time. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
BASE: Condom users (V312 = 5).

Section W41 (REC41) Maternity

The maternity history contains up to six entries, relating to births in the three/five years preceding interview.
The use of three/five years is country specific. The entries are in reverse order, such that the first entry relates
to the last birth in the last three/five years. There is an entry for all children born in the last three/five years
including all twins. The period of three/five years includes months 0 to 35/59 prior to the interview, with
month 0 being the month of interview. If there are more than six births in the last three/five years then only
the last six are included in the maternity history. Each of the following variables, duration of breastfeeding
(M5), duration of postpartum amenorrhea (M7) and duration of postpartum abstinence (M9) may have several
cases coded 97 "Inconsistent" since the duration of breastfeeding, amenorrhea or abstinence was impossible in
the interval between the birth and the following birth or date of interview if the most recent birth (only the
date of interview in the case of breastfeeding).
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.
Tetanus toxicoid.
M1 The number of tetanus toxicoid injections given during the pregnancy to avoid convulsions
after birth. This variable indicated whether the respondent received a tetanus toxicoid
injection during the pregnancy for DHS-I countries.
M1A Tetanus injections before pregnancy.
BASE: Women who received one tetanus toxicoid injection during last pregnancy (M1 = 1).
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
M1C Year last tetanus injection before pregnancy. Women who received a tetanus toxicoid
M1D Years ago received last tetanus injection before pregnancy. Women who received a tetanus
toxicoid injection before the last birth were asked this question.
M1E Last tetanus injection before pregnancy (CMC). Women who received a tetanus toxicoid
Prenatal care
M2A-N The type of person who gave prenatal care to the respondent prior to the 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.
M2A Doctor.
M2B Country-specific health professional. Nurse/Midwife
M2C Country-specific health professional. Auxiliary Midwife
M2D Country-specific health professional.
M2E Country-specific health professional.
M2F Country-specific health professional. Trained (traditional) birth attendant

M2G Traditional birth attendant

M2H Country-specific other person Relative
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. 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.
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.
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.
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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.
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 (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.
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
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.
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 No problem.
1 Duration exceeds interval between birth and succeeding birth (for amenorrhea and
abstinence) or date of interview (for breastfeeding).
2 Duration 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 Duration 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: Child who were ever breastfed (M4 <> 94).
M35 Number of times the child was breastfed during the previous night. This question is no
BASE: Children still being breastfed (M4 = 95).
M36 Number of times the child was breastfed during the daylight hours the previous day. This
DHS VI 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: Living children (B5(MIDX) = 1).
M39A The child ate any solid, semi-solid or soft foods yesterday
Care given during the last antenatal visit for the pregnancy
BASE: Last births under 36 (60) months
M42A During pregnancy weighed. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
M42B During pregnancy - height measured. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
M42C During pregnancy - blood pressure taken
M42D During pregnancy - urine sample taken
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M42E During pregnancy - blood sample taken
Pregnancy complications
M43 Told about pregnancy complications at the time of last antenatal visit
M44 Told where to go for pregnancy complications
Iron supplementation
M45 During pregnancy, given or bought iron tablets/syrup
M46 Days tablets or syrup taken
Vision during pregnancy

M47 During pregnancy, had difficulty with daylight vision
M48 During pregnancy, had difficulty with night blindness
Medication taken to prevent from Malaria

M49A During pregnancy - took SP/Fansidar for Malaria
M49B During pregnancy - took Chloroquine for Malaria
M49C During pregnancy - took country specific drug for Malaria Unknown Drug
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 dont know for Malaria
Check up after delivery

BASE: Last birth under 36(60) months.
M50 Respondent received a check up after delivery
M51 Timing of respondent's checkup after deliver
M51A Time after the delivery for the respondent to receive a checkup. This variable is replaced by
M50 and M51, which that existed in the DHS IV recode.
M52 Health professional who checked respondent after delivery
M54 Received Vitamin A dose in first 2 months after delivery
Liquids given before milk began to flow

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.
M57A Your home
M57B Other home
M57C Country specific home
M57D Country specific home
M57E Government hospital
M57F Country specific public Government health center
M57G Country specific public Government health post
M57H Country specific public Public mobile clinic
M57I Country specific public
M57J Country specific public
M57K Country specific public
M57L Country specific public Other public
M57M Private hospital/clinic
M57N Country specific private medical Private mobile clinic
M57O Country specific private medical
M57P Country specific private medical
M57Q Country specific private medical
M57R Country specific private medical Other private
M57S Country specific other
M57T Country specific other
M57U Country specific other
M57V Country specific other
M57X Other
M60 Drugs for intestinal parasites
M61 Time spent at place of delivery
Postpartum checkup for mothers in a health facility after delivery and before discharge
M62 Anyone checked respondent health before discharge
M63 How long before discharging respondent health check took place. This variable is replaced
by M50 and M51 which existed in DHS IV recode.
M64 Who checked respondent health before discharge. This variable is replaced by M52 which
existed in DHS IV recode.
Reason for not delivering in a health facility

M65A Cost too much
M65B Facility not open
M65C Too far/no transport
M65D Don't trust facility/poor service
M65E No female provider
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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. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is
kept in the DHS VI recode.
Postpartum check up after discharge

M66 After discharge/delivery at home anyone checked respondent health
M67 How long after discharge/delivery at home respondent health check took place
M68 Who checked respondent health after discharge/delivery at home
M69 Where respondent check after discharge/delivery at home took place
Newborn check up
M70 Baby postnatal check within 2 months
M71 How long after delivery postnatal check took place
M72 Who performed postnatal checkup. This variable is grouped into 3 major categories:
10 Medical personnel
20 Other person
96 Other
M73 Where was the baby checked for the first time. This variable is grouped into 4 major
categories:
10 Home
20 Public sector
30 Private sector
96 Other
Example Maternity History:

MIDX..............1.............................2.............................3
M1................3............................._............................._
M2A-N............._____________000___0___0__1...___________________________...___________________________
M3A-N.............000___10__0__0................000___10__0__0................000___10__0__0
M4................95............................95............................17
M5................11............................11............................17
M6................_7............................_7............................_2
M7................_7............................_7............................_2
M8................10............................10............................12
M9................10............................10............................12
M10...............1.............................1.............................1
M11...............___...........................___...........................___
M13...............__............................__............................__
M14..............._0............................__............................__
M15...............11............................11............................11
M17...............0.............................0.............................0
M18...............2.............................3.............................2
M19...............9996..........................9996..........................9996
M19A..............0.............................0.............................0
M27...............0.............................0.............................0
M28...............0.............................0.............................0
M29...............0.............................0.............................0
M34...............100...........................___...........................___
M35..............._3............................__............................__
M36..............._3............................__............................__
M38...............0.............................1.............................0
M39..............._............................._............................._
M42A-E............_____........................._____........................._____
M43..............._............................._............................._
M44..............._............................._............................._
M45...............0............................._............................._
M46...............___...........................___...........................___
M47...............0............................._............................._
M48...............0............................._............................._
M49A-Z............_________....................._________....................._________
M51A..............101...........................___...........................___
M54...............0............................._............................._
M55A-Z............011_0000______00..............________________..............________________
M57A-X............_______________________......._______________________......._______________________
M60...............0............................._............................._
M61...............___...........................___...........................___
M62..............._............................._............................._
M63...............___...........................___...........................___
M64...............__............................__............................__
M65A-X............1000000_00000................._____________................._____________
M66...............1.............................1.............................1
M67...............101...........................___...........................___
M68...............21............................__............................__
M69...............11............................__............................__
M70...............0............................._............................._
M71...............___...........................___...........................___
M72...............__............................__............................__
M73...............__............................__............................__
In this example, based on the birth history example, there are three entries representing the three children born
in the last three/five years. The first two entries relate to twins and so most of their prenatal care information
is identical. The respondent received three tetanus injections, did not receive any prenatal care, but received
delivery assistance from a traditional birth attendant. Both twins are still being breastfed, 11 months after the
birth, while the other had stopped breastfeeding after 17 months. The respondent's periods had returned 7
months after the last birth and the respondent is still abstaining from sexual relations for 10 months after the
birth. All three children were wanted at that point in time. The respondent did not receive an antenatal care
during her pregnancy. The last child received a tetanus injection. None of the children was born by caesarian
section. The last twin and the child number 3 were larger than average but the second twin had an average
size at birth. None of the children was measured at birth. The last born child was immediately put to breast.
He was breastfed three times during the day and tree times during the night. He was checked an hour after he
was born. He did not receive any dose of Vitamin A. He received plain water and sugar/glucose water the
first 3 days. He did not receive any drug for intestinal parasites. The reason the last born child and
subsequently his twin were not delivered in a health facility is the cost. After delivery of the three children at
home the health of the respondent was checked within one hour for the last birth at home by the traditional
birth-attendant. However the last born child was not checked.

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Section W42 (REC42) Maternity and Feeding

V401 A 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.
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."
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."
V407 Number of times the last child was breastfed during the previous night.
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.
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI recode.
BASE: At least one child born in the last three years and living with the respondent (B3
<36 and B9 = 0).
V409 Plain water

V409A Sugar water
V410 Juice
V410A Tea or coffee
V411 Powdered or tinned milk
V411A Baby formula
V412 Fresh milk
V412A Baby cereal
V412B Other porridge/gruel
V412C Gave child soup/clear broth
V413 Other liquid
V413A-D Country-specific other liquids
V414A-D Country-specific foods
V414E Bread, noddles, other foods made from grains.
V414F Potatoes, cassava or other tubers

V414G Eggs
V414H Meat (beef, pork, lamb, chicken, etc)
V414I pumpkin, carrots, squash (yellow or orange inside)
V414J Any dark green leafy vegetables
V414K Mangoes, papayas, other vitamin A fruits
V414L Any other fruits
V414M Liver, heart, other organs
V414N Fish or shellfish
V414O Food made from beans, peas, lentils, nuts
V414P Cheese, yogurt , other milk products
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 Gave child yogurt
V414W Gave child fortified baby food (cerelac, etc)
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.
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 maternity history

V418 Number of entries in the health history
V419 Number of entries in the height and weight table
V420 Code assigned to the person measuring the children for the height and weight section. Codes
are country-specific.
BASE: Respondents who had given birth to a child in the last three/five years (V417 > 0).
V421 Code assigned to the assistant measurer. Codes are country-specific.

BASE: Respondents 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).

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Maternal 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: Mothers of children born in the preceding three/five years (V417 > 0).
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
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 respondent is missing, then the corresponding measures above 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 the corresponding measures are set to code
9998 or 99998.
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 measurement of the respondent. Fully measured women are coded 0, and reasons
for not measuring the respondent are coded 2 and above (see HW13).
V447A Women's age in years from household report
V452A Under age 18 from household questionnaire.
V452B Respondents aged 15-17 have their caretaker line number (parent/responsible adult) collected
and used for getting the consent to draw blood for anemia testing.
Anemia testing
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.
Bednets in the household

V459 Have bednet for sleeping (household report)
V460 Children under 5 slept under bednet last night (HH report)
V461 Respondent slept under bednet
V462 The respondent washed hands before preparing last meal. This questions is no longer part of
the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
Tobacco use
Type of tobacco the respondent currently smokes:
V463A Cigarettes
V463B Pipe
V463C Chewing tobacco Other tobacco
V463D Snuff Country specific
V463E Cigars Country specific
V463F Country specific
V463G Country specific
V463X Smokes other
V463Z Does not smoke
V464 Number of cigarettes in last 24 hours

BASE: Respondents smoking cigarettes.
V465 Disposal of youngest child's stools when not using toilet.

BASE: Respondents with children under 5 living with them.

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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 VI core
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 a medical advice or treatment. The questions
pertaining to V467A, V467E, V467G, V467H and V467I are no longer part of the DHS VI
core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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. This variable gives an indication on whether the
questionnaire followed the standard or was changed to include more children.
V468 Whether the columns are used for last birth only variables
V469E Times gave child powdered/tinned/fresh milk
V469F Times gave child infant formula
V469X Times gave child yogurt
Feeding practices for the respondent

The questions pertaining to V471A to V471U are no longer part of the DHS VI core
questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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.

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 VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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
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
V478 Injections administered by a health worker
V479 Source for injection by health worker. This question is no longer part of DHS VI core
V480 The time the respondent got an injection, the health worker took the syringe and needle
from a new, unopened package.
Health insurance related variables.

V481 Covered by health insurance
V481A Mutual/community organization
V481B Provided by employer
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V481C Social security

V481D Private/commercial purchased
V481E Country specific
V481H Country specific
V481X Other
Child arrangements in case unable to care for children.

This questions pertaining to V482A, V482B and V482C are no longer part of the DHS VI
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

Section W43 (REC43) Health History

The health history contains up to six entries, relating to children born in the last three/five years. All children
born in the last three/five years, covering months 0 to 35/59 prior to the interview, as for the maternity
history, are included. The children who have died are included in this section, whereas in the DHS I
individual recode only living children were included. For children who have died, none of the variables are
applicable, but the entry is included to facilitate linking with childrens data in other sections. If there are
more than six children born in the last three/five years then only the last six are included in the health history.
See the example health history below.
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.
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.
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.
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. As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.
H4 Polio 1 vaccination. As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.
H9 Measles vaccination. As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.
H0 Polio 0 (at birth) As for H2, H2D, H2M, H2Y.
H0D POLIO 0 day
H0M POLIO 0 month
H0Y POLIO 0 year
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."

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BASE: Children who have the vaccination recorded on the health card (H2 = 1).
H10 Whether the child ever received any vaccination to prevent him/her from getting diseases.
This variable comes from a single question in the model 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).
Diarrhea
Variables H11 to H21 relate to the prevalence and treatment of diarrhea.
BASE: All living children born in the last three/five years for H11, and children having an
episode of diarrhea in the last two weeks (H11 = 1 or H11 = 2) for H11A 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.
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 Government Health Center
H12C Country-specific public sector Government Health Post
H12D Country-specific public sector Mobile Clinic
H12E Country-specific public sector Community Health Worker
H12F Country-specific public sector
H12G Country-specific public sector
H12H Country-specific public sector
H12I Country-specific public sector Other public sector.
Medical Private Sector.

H12J Private Hospital or Clinic
H12K Pharmacy
H12L Private Doctor
H12M Country-specific medical private sector Mobile Clinic
H12N Country-specific medical private sector Community Health Worker
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 medical private sector

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Other Private Sector.

H12S Country-specific medical private sector Shop
H12T Country-specific medical private sector Traditional Practitioner
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 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 H40 relate to the prevalence and treatment of cough in the two weeks
BASE: All living children born in the last three/five years for H31, and children suffering
from cough in the last two weeks for H32 to H38 (H31 = 1 or H31 = 2).

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 when he/she had the cough.
BASE: Child who had suffered from a cough (H31 = 1 or H31 = 2).
H31C Whether the child has a problem in the chest or a blocked or running nose.
H31D Amount offered to the child to drink.
H31E Amount offered to the child to eat.
H32A-X The place at which medical treatment or advice was sought for the last episode of fever
and/or cough. 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 Government Health Center
H32C Country-specific public sector Government Health Post
H32D Country-specific public sector Mobile Clinic
H32E Country-specific public sector Community Health Worker
H32F Country-specific public sector
H32G Country-specific public sector
H32H Country-specific public sector
H32I Country-specific public sector Other public sector
Medical Private Sector.

H32J Private Hospital or Clinic
H32K Pharmacy
H32L Private Doctor
H32M Country-specific medical private sector Mobile Clinic
H32N Country-specific medical private sector Community Health Worker
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 medical private sector
Other Private Sector.

H32S Country-specific other private sector Shop
H32T Country-specific other private sector Traditional Practitioner
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.
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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.
Vitamin A vaccination
H33 Received Vitamin A. As for H2
H33D Vitamin A Day As for H2D
H33M Vitamin A month As for H2M
H33Y Vitamin A year As for H2Y
H34 Whether the respondent received or not a vitamin A dose in form of an ampoule, a capsule or
syrup in last 6 months
Vaccination campaigns
Questions pertaining to H35 to H36F are no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire,
but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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).
Treatment taken for fever/cough

H37A SP/Fansidar
H37B Chloroquine
H37C Amodiaquine
H37D Quinine
H37E Combination with artemisinin
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
BASE for H37A-Z: Children under three/five with fever last two weeks (H22 = 1).
Drinking and eating pattern during diarrhea

H38 Amount offered to drink
H39 Amount offered to eat
BASE: Diarrhea last two weeks.
Vitamin A second most recent vaccination

Questions pertaining to H40 to H40Y are no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire,
but the variables are kept in the DHS VI recode.
H40 Received Vitamin A2. As for H33
H40D Vitamin A2 Day As for H33D
H40M Vitamin A2 month As for H33M
H40Y Vitamin A2 year As for H33Y
Vitamin A
Questions pertaining to H41A and H41B are no longer part of the DHS VI core
H41A Received vitamin A after most recent in card
H41B Ever received Vitamin A dose
H42 Taking iron pills, sprinkles with iron or iron syrup in the last 7 days
H43 Drugs for intestinal parasites in last 6 months
Diarrhea
Questions pertaining to H44B, H44C and H45are no longer part of the DHS VI core
H44A Place first sought treatment for diarrhea
H44B Days after diarrhea sought advice or treatment
H44C Still has diarrhea
BASE: Diarrhea last two weeks.
H45 Times zinc was given
Fever
H46A Place first sought treatment for fever
H46B Days after fever sought advice or treatment. This questions is no longer part of the DHS VI
core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
BASE: Children with fever last 2 weeks.
H47 Blood taken from child's finger/heel for testing
Example Health History:

HIDX......1............................2............................3
H1........1............................1............................3
H2........1.21.10.2005.................1.22._8.2005.................2.__.__.____
H3........1.21.10.2005.................1.22._8.2005.................2.__.__.____
H4........1.21.10.2005.................1.22._8.2005.................2.__.__.____
H5........0.__.__.____.................1.22.10.2005.................2.__.__.____
H6........0.__.__.____.................1.22.10.2005.................2.__.__.____
H7........0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____.................2.__.__.____
H8........0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____.................2.__.__.____
H9........0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____.................2.__.__.____
H0........0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____
H10......._............................_............................1
H11.......0............................0............................0
H11B......_............................_............................_
H12A-Z....__________________________...__________________________...__________________________
H13......._............................_............................_
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H13B......_............................_............................_
H14......._............................_............................_
H15......._............................_............................_
H15A-M...._____________................_____________................_______ ____
H20......._............................_............................_
H21A......_............................_............................_
H21......._............................_............................_
H22.......1............................0............................0
H31.......2............................0............................0
H31B......1............................_............................_
H31C......1............................_............................_
H31D......5............................_............................_
H31E......0............................_............................_
H32A......01000000010__00__000___001...__________________________...__________________________
H33.......0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____....................0.__.__.____
H34......._............................_............................_
H35......._............................_............................_
H36A-F....______.......................______.......................______
H37A-Z....00_0_00___0__010100..........____________________.........___________________
H38......._............................_............................_
H39......._............................_............................_
H40.......0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____.................0.__.__.____
H41A......_............................_............................_
H41B......_............................_............................_
H42......._............................_............................_
H43......._............................_............................_
H44A......__...........................__...........................__
H44B......__...........................__...........................__
H44C......_............................_............................_
H45.......__...........................__...........................__
H46A......21...........................__...........................__
H46B......_0...........................__...........................__
In this example, based on the birth history example, there are three entries representing three living children
born in the last three/five years. The first two entries are twins. The last born child has a health card and has
dates reported for BCG, DPT 1 and Polio 1 vaccinations. The second twin has a health card and was
immunized for BCG, DPT1, DPT2, Polio 1 and Polio 2. The child in the third entry no longer has a health
card. His mother reported that he received BCG, DPT 1, DPT2, DPT3 and Polio 1, Polio 2 and Polio 3
vaccinations. The child did not receive Polio 0. In the two weeks prior to the interview, none of the children
listed had an episode of diarrhea. The last child had fever and cough with short and rapid breathing and
problem in the chest or blocked or running nose in the two weeks prior to the interview, and was treated for it
with increasing of quantity of liquids and was taken to a government health center and a private hospital or
clinic in H32A-Z. None of the children born in the last three/five years received Vitamin A. The sick child
received a drug cocktail and other medication in H37A-Z.The first Place where a treatment was sought was a
private hospital the same day he had a fever.

Section W44 (REC44) Height and Weight
The height and weight table contains information relating to children born in the period three/five years, i.e., 0
to 35/59 months prior to the interview. The entries are in reverse order, such that the youngest child is
reported first. All live births in the period are included in the table, including children who have subsequently
died.
The information included in this section comes from data collected in the household questionnaire and
transferred to the womans level.

BASE: Living children for variables HW1-HW12, HW14-HW58 (B5(HWIDX) = 1).
HWIDX Index to the birth history. All live births born in the specified period have entries in this
section.
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.
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
acceptable range for the calculation of these measures then all of the above measures is
set to code 9998 or 99998.
HW13 Reason the child was not measured. Fully measured children are coded 0, dead children
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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.
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)
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-
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 is set to code 9998 or
99998.

Example Height and Weight Table:
HWIDX.....1..................2...................3
HW1.......11.................11..................47
HW2......._78................_86................._96
HW3......._690..............._728................_807
HW4.......__86...............1613................___0
HW5.......-238..............._-99................-513
HW6......._9155.............._9649..............._7878
HW7......._148..............._816................___1
HW8.......-217...............-139................-370
HW9......._7816.............._8601..............._5798
HW10......2644...............1900................_657
HW11......_-63..............._-88................-151
HW12......_9434.............._9265..............._8598
HW13......0..................0...................0
HW15......1..................1...................2
HW16......_6................._5..................13
HW17......19.................20..................19
HW18......_1................._1.................._1
HW19......2006...............2006................2006
HW51......_1................._2.................._7
HW52......1..................1...................1
HW53......_95................_93................._92
HW55......0..................0...................0
HW56......____...............____................____
HW57......4..................4...................4
HW58......_.................._..................._
In this example, based on the birth history example, three children are included. In the first entry, the child is
aged 11 months and measures 7.8 kg and 96.0 cm. His anthropometric measurements are given to 1 implied
decimal place. The second twin measures 8.6 kg and 72.8 cm. Both twins were measured lying down. In the
third entry, the child was measured and weighs 9.6 kg and measures 80.7 cm. He was measured standing up.
None of the children is anemic and they have a hemoglobin level of 9.5 g/dl, 9.3 g/dl and 9.2 g/dl,
respectively. No question on referral was asked.

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Section W51 (REC51) Marriage
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 B Whether the respondent is in a polygynous union and the number of other wives the
respondent's partner currently has.
V506 B The rank of the respondent among the partner's wives.

BASE: Currently married or in union women in a polygynous union (V502 = 1 & V505 >
0).
First marriage or union

Variables V507 to V513 relate to the date of start of the first marriage or union.
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.

Sexual intercourse
Variables V525 to V528 relate to age at first intercourse, frequency of intercourse and time
since last sexual relations. BASE (for variables V527 to V532): Respondents who have had
sexual intercourse (V525 <> 0).
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 No flag
1 Duration 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 Duration given plus the duration of abstinence after the last birth is greater than the
interval since the last birth
3 Duration was reported, but the respondent had not resumed sexual intercourse since
the last birth
4 Respondent reported her last intercourse was before her last birth, but she had never
given birth
5 Respondent reported her last intercourse was before her last birth, but she was
currently pregnant
6 Respondent 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 Respondent reported a duration since her last intercourse, but this would place her
last intercourse before her last pregnancy
8 Respondent 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 Duration 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
in DHS I. 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.
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V532 Flag variable for inconsistencies found in editing the responses for V525.
0 No flag
1 Respondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds her current age
2 Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one
year after the conception of her first child
3 Respondent reported her age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year
after the conception of her first child
4 Respondent reported that her first sexual intercourse was at the time of her first
marriage, but the respondent was never married
5 Respondent 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 Respondent 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 Never had intercourse

1 Active in last 4 weeks
2 Not active in last 4 weeks - postpartum abstinence after the birth of the last child
3 Not 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 VI core
BASE: Women sexually active during the last 4 weeks (V536 = 2 or V536 = 3).
V538 How previous marriage or union ended

V539 Person who received most of late husband's property
V540 Respondent received any of late husband's assets or valuables
V541 Intends to wait until marriage to have sex

Section W61 (REC61) Fertility Preferences

V602 The Fertility preferences come primarily from a single question in the DHS V and DHS VI
questionnaires. This is the same question used in the DHS I Model "B" questionnaire, and
the DHS II and DHS III Model "A" and "B" questionnaires. However, for DHS I Model "A"
questionnaires, this variable was constructed from a series of questions. 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.
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.

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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).
V623 The exposure status 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 (Model "A" countries) have been continuously married and have
not used contraception in the five years preceding the survey, or (Model "B"
countries) 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.
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.

In Model "A" countries, pregnant and postpartum amenorrheic women whose pregnancy was
the result of a contraceptive failure are not included in the category of unmet need, but are
categorized as spacing failures or limiting failures. In Model "B" countries, no distinction is
made since the information on contraceptive failure is not ascertained.
For formerly married and never married women, two additional categories exist. Women
who have never had sex are separated into a separate category, as are women who would be
categorized as having an unmet need to space or to limit, but who had not had sex in the
month before the interview.
The remaining cases are those women who have no need for contraceptive methods, either
because they desire a child soon (within the next two years) or because they are menopausal
or infecund. Note that the infecund or menopausal category on this variable contains fewer
cases than variable V623 as those women that are categorized as infecund or menopausal,
but are currently using a contraceptive method are recorded in the two "met need" categories.
Additionally, the code for the category "infecund or menopausal" has been changed to code
9 to allow for the two extra coding categories for formerly married or never married women.
BASE: All women.
NOTE: This definition was used in the majority of the DHS II survey reports.
V625 Exposure status (definition 2) reclassifies variable V623, using a more liberal definition of
infecundity. There are two differences between this definition and the definition used in
V623:
1) For Model "B" countries, it is only possible to say that a women had been continuously
married throughout the preceding five years if she was in her first union. This definition has
been relaxed in V625, such that the respondent need only have been first married at least five
years ago, and not necessarily continuously married throughout the last five years. For
Model "A" countries, there is no change to this part of the definition.
2) Two additional variables have been used to declare a woman infecund. If the respondent
said she cannot get pregnant when asked about preferences for additional children
(V602 = 5), or if she reported that she was menopausal or had a hysterectomy when giving
the reason she was not currently using a contraceptive method (V376 = 14), the respondent is
coded as infecund.
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 measuredhs.com.
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 measuredhs.com.

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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.
V631 If the respondent discovered that she became pregnant would that be a problem. This
DHS VI recode.
V632 Women using contraception are asked who decided on the use of contraception.
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI recode.
V633A Husband has STD
V633B Husband has other women
V633C Recent birth
V633D Tired, mood
V634 Whether the husband knows that respondent is using contraception.

Section W71 (REC71) Partner's Characteristics and Women's Work
V701 The current or most recent husband or partner's highest level of education attended. See
variable V106.
V702 Highest year of education gives the years of education completed at the level given in V701.
BASE: Ever-married women except those answering "No education" or with missing data
for V701 (V501 <> 0 & V701 <> 0 & V701 <> 8 & V701 <> 9).
V704 Current or last husband or partner's most recent occupation as collected in the country.
Codes are country-specific.
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: Ever-married women (V501 <> 0)
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V714 Whether the respondent is currently working.
V714A Whether the respondent has a job from which she was absent.
V715 Most recent husband or partner's education in single years. See variable V133.
V716 Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific.

BASE: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months
(V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).
V717 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: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months
(V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).
V719 Whether the respondent works for a family member, for someone else or is self-employed.
BASE: Women currently working (V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).
V721 Whether the respondent works at home or away from home. This question is no longer part
of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
BASE: Women currently working (V731 = 1 or V731 = 2).

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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.
V730 Age of the respondent's husband or partner.

V731 Whether the respondent worked in the last 12 months.
V732 Whether the respondent works throughout they year, seasonally, or just occasionally.
BASE: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the past year (V731 = 1
or V731 = 2).
V739 The person who mainly decides how the money earned by the respondent is used.
BASE: Women paid cash for their work (V720 = 1).
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable
BASE: Women who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months, and
who work or worked in agriculture (V716 = country-specific agricultural category).
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).
Final say in the family on the following decisions

This questions pertaining to V743C and V743E are no longer part of the DHS VI core
V743A Respondents 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
When wifes beating or hitting is justified

V744A Goes out without telling him
V744B Neglects the children
V744C Argues with him
V744D Refuses to have sex with him
V744E Burns the food.
V745A Owns a house alone or jointly

V745B Owns land alone or jointly
V746 Whether the respondent earns more than her partner.

Section W75 (REC75) AIDS and Condom Use

AIDS related questions that were not included here are added in section 80 (REC80). The
user must take a look at section 80 for missing questions.
V750 Hear`d of AIDS or other sexually transmitted Diseases.
V751 Whether the respondent has ever heard of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
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 VI core questionnaire, but
the variable is kept in the DHS VI 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 have ever had sexual intercourse (V525 <> 0).
V761B With other man (1)
V761C With other man (2)
Knowledge of a source for male condoms

V762AA Government hospital
V762AB Country specific public sector Government health center/post
V762AC Country specific public sector Family planning clinic
V762AD Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
V762AE Country specific public sector Public field worker
V762AF Country specific public sector Other public
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 Private mobile clinic
V762AN Country specific private medical sector Private field worker
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V762AO Country specific private medical sector Other private

V762AP Country specific private medical sector
V762AQ Country specific private medical sector
V762AR Country specific private medical sector
V762AS Country specific other private sector Shop
V762AT Country specific other private sector Church
V762AU Country specific other private sector Friends, relatives
V762AV Country specific other private sector
V762AW Country specific other private sector
V762AX Other
V762AZ Dont know a source for condom
Knowledge of a source for female condoms

V762BA Government hospital
V762BB Country specific public sector Government health center/post
V762BC Country specific public sector Family planning clinic
V762BD Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
V762BE Country specific public sector Public field worker
V762BF Country specific public sector Other public
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 Private mobile clinic
V762BN Country specific private medical sector Private field worker
V762BO Country specific private medical sector Other private
V762BP Country specific private medical sector
V762BQ Country specific private medical sector
V762BR Country specific private medical sector
V762BS Country specific other private sector Shop
V762BT Country specific other private sector Church
V762BU Country specific other private sector Friends, relatives
V762BV Country specific other private sector
V762BW Country specific other private sector
V762BX Other
V762BZ Dont know a source for condom
Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) caught in last 12 months

V763A Any STD
V763B Genital sore/ulcer
V763C Genital discharge
V763D Country specific
Number of sexual partners during the last 12 months

V766A Number of men other than the husband
V766B Number of men including the husband
Relationship with last sexual partner

V767A Last partner
V767B Other sexual partner (1)
V767C Other sexual partner (2)
Length of time knows last sexual partner

The questions pertaining to V768A, V768B and V768C are no longer part of the DHS VI
V768A Last partner
V768B Other sexual partner (1)
V768C Other sexual partner (2)
Could get a condom herself

V769 Male condom
V769A Female condom
Seek advice or treatment for an STD

V770 Last STD infection
BASE: Had an STD last 12 months.
Place where advice or treatment is sought for STD in the last 12 months
V770A Government clinic
V770B Country specific public sector Health center
V770C Country specific public sector Public VCT center
V770D Country specific public sector FP clinic
V770E Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
V770F Country specific public sector Fieldworker
V770G Country specific public sector
V770H Country specific public sector
V770I Country specific public sector
V770J Country specific public sector Other public
V770K Private hosp/clinic/doctor
V770L Country specific private medical sector Private VCT center
V770M Country specific private medical sector Pharmacy
V770N Country specific private medical sector Mobile clinic
V770O Country specific private medical sector Fieldworker
V770P Country specific private medical sector
V770Q Country specific private medical sector
V770R Country specific private medical sector
V770S Country specific private medical sector Other private
V770T Country specific other private sector Shop
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

See V838A.
V774A During pregnancy
V774B During delivery
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V774C By breastfeeding
V775 Respondent knows personally someone who has or died of AIDS. This question is no longer
V777 Family allowed to keep secret an AIDS infection of a member
V778 Respondent willing to care for a relative in the household who has AIDS
V779 Person with AIDS allowed to continue teaching
V780 Should children be taught about condoms
AIDS test
V781 Ever been tested for AIDS
V783 Know a place to get AIDS test
Place for AIDS test

BASE: Respondents who have never been tested.
V784A Government hospital
V784B Country specific public sector Health center
V784C Country specific public sector Public VCT center
V784D Country specific public sector FP clinic
V784E Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
V784F Country specific public sector Fieldworker
V784G Country specific public sector
V784H Country specific public sector
V784I Country specific public sector
V784J Country specific public sector Other public
V784K Private hospital/clinic/doctor
V784L Country specific private medical sector Private VCT center
V784M Country specific private medical sector Pharmacy
V784N Country specific private medical sector Mobile clinic
V784O Country specific private medical sector Fieldworker
V784P Country specific private medical sector
V784Q Country specific private medical sector
V784R Country specific private medical sector
V784S Country specific private medical sector Other private
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

Section W80 (REC80) AIDS, STIs and Condom Use continuation

V820 Condom used at first sexual intercourse. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
BASE: Youth 15-24 who ever had sex.
Age of sexual partner

The questions pertaining to V821A, V821B, V821C are no longer part of the DHS VI core
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.
Get AIDS
V823 Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means.
V824 Drugs to avoid AIDS transmission to baby during pregnancy.
V825 Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS.
V826A The number of months ago the respondent had her most recent HIV test
AIDS test
This questions pertaining to V826 and V827 are no longer part of the DHS VI core
V826 When was last time you were tested.
V827 Last test was on your own, 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.
Sexual partner.
This questions pertaining to V830 and V831 are no longer part of the DHS VI core
V830 Age of first sexual partner.
V831 First sexual partner younger, same age or older.
Time since last intercourse

V832B With next to last sexual partner
V832C With second to last sexual partner

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Condom use last 12 months every time had sex

V833A With last sex partner
V833B With next to last sex partner
V833C Every time had sex with second to last sex partner
Age of sexual partner

V834A Last sexual partner
V834B Next to last sexual partner
V834C Second to last sexual partner
Alcohol consumption during sexual intercourse

The questions pertaining to V835A, V835B and V835C are no longer part of the DHS VI
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.
V837 Heard of drugs to help infected people to live longer. This question is no longer part of the
Advices during antenatal care visits

V838A AIDS transmitted mother to child.
V838B Things to do to prevent AIDS
V838C Getting tested for AIDS virus.
AIDS test as part of antenatal care visit for last birth

V839 Offered AIDS test.
V839A Offered HIV test between the time went for delivery and before baby was born
V840 Tested for AIDS virus.
V840A Tested for HIV between the time went for delivery and before baby was born
V841 Got results of AIDS test.
V841A Got results of HIV test when tested before baby was born
V842 Place where AIDS test was taken.

V843 Tested for AIDS since test.
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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.

V850B Can ask partner to use condom.
Attitudes towards life sex for men and Women

This questions pertaining to V851 to V851L are no longer part of the DHS VI core
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
V852B How long ago first had sex with 2nd most recent partner
V852C How long ago first had sex with 3rd most recent partner
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
V853B Times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd most recent partner
V853C Times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd most recent partner
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 measuredhs.com.
V854A Point concurrent sexual partners
V854B Cumulative concurrent sexual partners
V855 Received counseling after tested for AIDS during antenatal care

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Section W81 (REC81) Characteristics of the Interview
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.
V802 Time of the end of interview is coded as for the start of interview.
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.
V804 Number of visits for the interview
V805 Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific. This variable occupies 3 digits
starting from DHS III.
V806 Data entry keyer code. Codes are country-specific.
Presence of other people during the interview of the husbands background and womans
work section of the interview
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
V815A Presence of children under age 10
V815B Presence of male adults
V815C Presence of female adults

Section W82 (REC82) Calendar
VCOL A Column number of the entries in the calendar, indicating the type of data found in the entry
in the calendar.
VCAL A The calendar of events representing the 5+ years prior to the date of interview. The calendar
is split into 9 records, representing each of the 9 columns. Each of the 9 columns contains a
single character for each month in the time period. The data are stored as single variables of
80 characters, allowing for up to 80 months to be represented in the calendar. The first
character in each variable represents the most recent point in time, while the 80th character
position represents data for January of the year in which the calendar started. The calendars
are fixed at the 80th character position, such that the first few entries in the calendar
represent points in time after the date of interview, and are consequently left blank. The
columns are as follows:
Column Description
1 Births, pregnancies and contraceptive use

2 Reasons for discontinuation of contraceptive use
3 Marital/union status
4 Residence
5 Source of contraception
6 Country specific
7 Country specific
8 Country specific
9 Country specific
The entire calendar is usually inserted in questionnaires of countries using the model A.
However, DHS VI includes, in model B questionnaires, a reduced calendar that has one
column on births, pregnancies (column 1).
Column Description
1 Records each of the births and pregnancies during the calendar period, as well as each
episode of contraceptive use and non-use. The following codes are used in column 1:
0 Non-use of contraception L Lactational amenorrhea
1 Pill C Female condom
2 IUD F Foam and Jelly
3 Injections Country-specific method 1
4 Diaphragm Country-specific method 2
5 Condom Country-specific method 3
6 Female sterilization ? Unknown method/missing data
7 Male sterilization P Pregnancy
8 Periodic abstinence/rhythm T Terminated pregnancy/non-live birth
9 Withdrawal B Birth
W Other traditional methods
N Norplant
A Abstinence

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Column Description
All codes are standard except for codes , , and which are country-specific letter .
2 Records the reason for discontinuation of a method. The discontinuation code appears in the
row of the last month of use of the method for the episode. All other rows in the column are
left blank, except for those in which discontinuations took place. The standard codes are as
follows:
1 Became pregnant while using C Cost
2 Wanted to become pregnant F Fatalistic
3 Husband disapproved A Difficult to get pregnant/menopause
4 Side effects D Marital dissolution
5 Health concerns W Other reasons
6 Access/availability K Don't know
7 Wanted more effective method Country-specific reason 1
8 Inconvenient to use Country-specific reason 2
9 Infrequent sex/husband away Country-specific reason 3
All codes are standard except for codes , , and which are country-specific letter codes
representing additional reasons for discontinuation.
3 Records the episodes of marriage in the calendar period. The following codes are used:
X In union (married or living together)
0 Not in union
4 Residence
5 Source of contraception
6 Country specific
7 Country specific
8 Country specific
9 Country specific
Rows in the calendar, representing months after the month of interview, are left blank. With this exception,
columns 1, 3 and 4 do not contain any blank characters.

Section W83 (REC83) Maternal Mortality
The Maternal Mortality section is a country specific section that exists only for those countries that have a
maternal mortality module. It contains up to 20 entries containing information related to all of the sisters and
brothers of the respondents.
MMIDX MM Index to maternal mortality history

MM1 MM Sex of sibling
MM2 MM Whether the sibling is dead or alive
MM3 MM Current age of sibling in years

BASE: All living siblings (MM2 = 1).
MM4 MM 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 MM Sibling's marital status: whether the sibling is/was ever married or not.
BASE: All siblings whose age is/was greater than or equal to the cut off age (MM3 >=
MMC5).
MM6 MM Number of years ago the respondent's brother or sister died.

MM7 MM Age at death of sibling in years
MM8 MM 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: All siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).
MM9 MM Indicates if the respondent's sister was pregnant when she died, if she died during
childbirth, within six weeks after the delivery, 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 MM Information about whether the death that occurred was related to the sister's pregnancy.
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 MM Specifies the cause of death. Codes are country specific.

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 MM 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 MM Place in which the death occurred. Codes are country specific.
BASE: Siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).

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MM14 MM 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.
BASE: As for MM9 above.
MM15 MM Year of death of sibling

BASE: All siblings who have died (MM2 = 0).

Section W84 (REC84) Maternal Mortality
MMC1 MM 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 MM 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.
MMC3 MM 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.
MMC4 MM Line numbers in the household schedule of the eligible sisters of the respondent.
MMC5 MM 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.

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Section WL1 (RECML) Malaria
IDXML Index to birth history.
ML0 Type of bednet(s) child slept under last night.
ML1 Times took Fansidar during pregnancy.
ML2 Type of visit at source for antimalarial during pregnancy.
Questions pertaining to ML11 and ML12 are no longer part of the DHS VI core
ML11 Child has fever now.
ML12 Child has had convulsions in last 2 weeks.
Medication for fever/cough

BASE: Children with fever of cough during the last two weeks before the interview.
ML13A Fansidar taken for fever/cough
ML13B Chloroquine taken for fever/cough
ML13C Amodiaquine taken for fever/cough
ML13D Quinine taken for fever/cough
ML13E Combination with artemisinin taken for fever/cough
ML13F Country Specific antimalarial taken for fever/cough
ML13G Country Specific antimalarial taken for fever/cough
ML13H Other antimalarial taken for fever/cough
ML13I Antibiotic pills or syrup taken for fever/cough
ML13J Antibiotic injection taken for fever/cough
ML13K Aspirin taken for fever/cough
ML13L Acetaminophen/paracetamol/panadol taken for fever/cough
ML13M Ibuprofen taken for fever/cough
ML13N Country Specific other taken for fever/cough
ML13O Country Specific other for fever/cough
ML13P Country Specific other for fever/cough
ML13X Other taken for fever/convulsion
ML13Y Nothing taken for fever/convulsion
ML13Z Don't know if or what was taken for fever/convulsion
Questions pertaining to ML14A to ML14Z are no longer part of the DHS VI core
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 and ML21C are no longer part of the DHS VI core
ML15A When started Fansidar

ML15B Days child took Fansidar
ML15C First source for Fansidar
ML16A When started Chloroquine

ML16B Days child took Chloroquine
ML16C First source for Chloroquine
ML17A When started Amodiaquine

ML17B Days child took Amodiaquine
ML17C First source for Amodiaquine
ML18A When started Quinine

ML18B Days child took Quinine
ML18C First source for Quinine
Questions pertaining to ML19A to ML19Z are no longer part of the DHS VI core
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

ML20B Days child took combination with artemisinin
ML20C First source for combination with artemisinin
ML21A When started Country Specific antimalarial

ML21B Days child took Country Specific antimalarial
ML21C First source for Country Specific antimalarial
ML22A When started Country Specific antimalarial

ML22B Days child took Country Specific antimalarial
ML22C First source for Country Specific antimalarial
ML23A When started other anti-malarial

ML23B Days child took other anti-malarial
Questions pertaining to ML23C and ML24C are no longer part of the DHS VI core
ML23C First source for other anti-malarial
ML24C First source for antibiotic pill/syrup

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Section WD1 (RECDV) Domestic Violence
D005 Weight for domestic violence respondents (6 decimals).
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
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
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.
Result of husbands acts

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.

D112 Ever phys hurt husband when he was not hurting you.
D112A How often physically hurt husband in last 12 months.
D113 Partner drinks alcohol.
D114 Times partner gets drunk.
Physical abuse by others than husband

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

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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

D117A Times hit by other than partner last 12 months.
Physical abuse while pregnant

BASE: Women ever been pregnant (V201 <> 0 or V213 = 1 | 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
D118XG Lawyer
D118XH Doctor

Sought help to stop violence
BASE: Women who experienced violence.
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
D119XG Lawyer
D119XH Doctor
D120 Main reason never sought help.
D121 Did her father ever beat her mother.
Interview interruption because of the presence of some adult

D122A Husband
D122B Other male
D122C Other female
D123 First intercourse was wanted or forced.

D124 Anyone other than partner forced respondent to have sex last 12 m.
D125 Anyone forced respondent to perform sexual acts.

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D126 Age at first forced sexual activity
D127 Person who forced respondent to first sexual activity
D128 Have ever told anyone else about violence.
D129 Respondent afraid of husband/partner most of the time, sometimes or never
D130A Previous husband: ever hit, slap, kick or physically hurt respondent
D130B Previous husband: physically forced to have sex or to perform sexual acts

Section WS1 (RECWS) Womens status
W100 Time knew husband.

W101 Who chose husband.
W102 Consent sought from respondent for marriage.
BASE: Currently married women (V502 = 1).
Ceremony to formalize union

BASE: Currently married women (V502 = 1).
W103A Engagement
W103B Religious marriage
W103C Civil marriage
W103D Customary marriage
W103E Country Specific
W103F Country Specific
W103G Country Specific
W103X Other
W103Y No ceremony, nothing done
Final say
W104A Work
W104B Contraception
W104C Country Specific
W104D Country Specific
W104H Country Specific
Final say on other issues

BASE: Currently married women with children under 15 living at home
W105A Schooling (has living children).
W105B Medical care for sick child (has living child).
W105C Discipline (has living children).
W105D Another child (has living children).
Husband's relatives living with respondent

W107A Father-in-law
W107B Mother-in-law
W107C Brother-in-law
W107D Sister-in-law
W107E Wife of brother-in-law
W107F Husband of sister-in-law
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W107I Country Specific
W107J Country Specific
W107X Other in-laws
W107Y No in-laws
W110 Father's highest level of education

W112 Mother's highest level of education
W114 Any family member living with her

W115 Times talked to a family member
W116 Family close enough to visit easily (go & return in 1 day)
Family support
W117A Shelter
W117B Economic support
Respondent control over money to buy items

W118A perishable foods (fruits/vegetables)
W118B Clothes
W118C Medicine
W118D Toiletries
W120 Number of days HH member went to bed hungry.
Person went to bed hungry

W121A Respondent only
W121B Partner
W121C Son(s)
W121D Daughter(s)
W121E Other female relative(s)
W121F Other male relative(s)
W121G Non-relative(s)
W121Y No one
Possessions
W122A Land
W122B The dwelling
W122C Other dwelling
W122D Jewelry
W122E Livestock

Control over the possessions
W123A Land
W123B The dwelling
W123C Other dwelling
W123D Jewelry
W123E Livestock
W124 Has money for her own use
Bank account
W125A In own name
W125B Joint account
W125Y No bank account
W126 Operates her account
W127 Knowledge of loan programs
W128 Given a loan
Opinion on family life

W129A Family decisions should be made by men
W129B Husband should not help with household chores
W129C Married women should not be allowed to work
W129D Wife does not have the right to express opinion
W129E Wife should tolerate being beaten to keep family
W129F Better to educate son rather than daughter
Places permitted to go to
W130A Market
W130B Health center
W130C Community center
W130D Friends
W130E Religious places
W130F Outside the house
W130K Country Specific
Member of an association
W131A Religious
W131B Social
W131C Women's organization
W131D Labor union
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W131E Political
W131X Other organization
W131Y No organization
W132 Votes
W145 Ever met and spoken to current husband before marriage.
W146 Dowry or Bride wealth given

W147 Promised bride wealth paid
Drowry or bridewealth given

W148A Cash
W148B Fixed property
W148C Furniture
W148D TV
W148E Car
W148F Livestock
W148X Other
W149 Hours respondent of sleep each night

Section WG1 (RECGC) Female genital cutting
G100 Ever heard of female circumcision.

G101 Ever heard of genital cutting (probed).
Respondents 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.
Daughters 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 daughters 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.

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Section WG2 (RECG2) Female genital cutting roster for daughters
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

Sections W91-W99 (REC91-REC99) Country-Specific Variables
The following sections will appear in the recode data file as needed on a country-specific basis.
REC91 All single occurrence country-specific variables relating to the respondent.
REC92 Country-specific variables from the birth history (REC21). Variable IDX92 is always
included as the first variable in this section and is equal to BIDX for each entry in the birth
history.
REC94 Country-specific variables from the maternity history (REC41). Variable IDX94 is always
included as the first variable in this section and is equal to MIDX for each entry in the
maternity history.
REC95 Country-specific variables from the health history (REC43). Variable IDX95 is always
included as the first variable in this section and is equal to HIDX for each entry in the
health history.
REC96 Country-specific variables from the height and weight table (REC44). Variable IDX96 is
always included as the first variable in this section and is equal to HWIDX for each entry
in the height and weight table.
REC97-99 The last three country-specific sections are not assigned to any particular section of the
questionnaire, but are used for additional modules not usually incorporated in the
questionnaires. These include the respondent's work history, the diagnoses of deaths for
dead children who were born in the three/five years preceding the interview, pregnancy
history, or for husband's questionnaires.

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MAN MAN
Male respondent's basic data MREC01 M01 Yes 1 163
Respondent's basic data MREC11 M11 No 1 63
Reproduction MREC22 M22 No 1 50
Contraception Table MREC31 M31 No 1 100
Contraception knowledge & use MREC32 M32 No 1 43
Tuberculosis and other health issues MREC41 M41 No 1 65
Marriage/Exposure MREC51 M51 No 1 56
Fertility preferences MREC61 M61 No 1 49
Employment MREC71 M71 No 1 46
AIDS, STIs and Condom Use MREC75 M75 No 1 169
AIDS, STIs and Condom Use continuation MREC80 M80 No 1 61
Female genital cutting MRECGC MG1 No 1 34
Country specific - single vars MREC91 M91 No 1 18
Country specific MREC92 M92 No ? 18
Country specific MREC93 M93 No ? 18

Section M01 (MREC01) Respondent's Basic Data
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 VI this code will be 6. For example: HT6 is Haiti, KH6 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
MV005 Sample weight is an 8 digit variable with 6 implied decimal places. To use the sample
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).
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).

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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
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
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-
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 VI core questionnaire,
MV027 Number of visits for the interview
MV028 Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific.
MV029 Data entry keyer code: Codes are country-specific.

MV030 Field supervisor's code: Codes are country-specific.
MV031 Field editor's code: Codes are country-specific.
MV032 Office editor's code Codes are country-specific.
MV033 Ultimate area unit selection probability is the probability of selection of the ultimate area
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 Mens 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 VI core
MV034B Age of wife or partner.
MV035 Number of wives or partners for whom line numbers are given in MV034.
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.

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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 rural. Note that this is not the respondent'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 VI core questionnaire, but the
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. This question is no longer part of the
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). This question is no
BASE: All respondents except those answering "Always" or "Visitor" to MV104
(MV104 <> 95 & MV104 <> 96).
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 = > MV133
0 => 0
1 => MV107
2 => MV107+x
3 => MV107+y
9 => 99
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 VI core questionnaire, but the variable
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
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
Media
MV157 Frequency of reading newspaper or magazine
MV158 Frequency of listening to radio
MV159 Frequency of watching television
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Travel
MV167 Times away from home in last 12 months
MV168 Away for more than one month
Wealth index
MV190 Wealth index. For a brief explanation see HV270.
MV191 Wealth index factor score (5 decimals)

Section M22 (MREC22) Reproduction
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 womens 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
BASE: Respondent=s whose partner is currently pregnant (MV213 = 1).
Childrens 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
Youngest child
MV247 Age
MV248 Antenatal check-ups for the mother
MV249 Respondent present during check-ups
MV250 Place of birth
MV251 Reason for not delivering in health facility. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI
core questionnaire, but the variable is kept in the DHS VI recode.
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Section M31 (MREC31) Contraceptive Table
MV301 Knowledge of any method is classified into modern, traditional and folkloric methods as
follows: Modern methods are Pill, IUD, Injections, Diaphragm, Condom, Female
Sterilization, Male Sterilization, Implants, Lactational amenorrhea, Female condom and
Foam/Jelly. Traditional methods are Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm), Withdrawal, and
Abstinence. Folkloric methods are the category "other" 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.
MV302 Ever use of a modern, traditional or folkloric method is created in the same way as MV301.
Contraceptive Table
The contraceptive table contains entries for 20 contraceptive methods, and for each entry gives
information relating to knowledge of the method, and ever use of the method. Entries 1 to 15 are
standard but entries 17 to 20 are used for country-specific methods. The methods relating to each
entry are as follows:
1 Pill 11 NorplantTM or implants

2 IUD 12 Abstinence
3 Injections 13 Lactational amenorrhea
4 Diaphragm 14 Female condom
5 Condom 15 Foam or Jelly
6 Female Sterilization 16
7 Male Sterilization 17 Country specific method 1
8 Periodic Abstinence (Rhythm) 18 Country specific method 2
9 Withdrawal 19 Country specific method 3
10 Other methods 20 Country specific method 4
For Foam/Jelly, if questions about the methods are asked separately (for example, foaming tablets in
one set of questions and jelly in another set of questions), the original responses are recorded as
country-specific variables and the standard variables presented in this section are a composite of the
two sets of questions.
The contraceptive table contains variables MV304A to MV307 as follows:
M304A Whether the method is modern, traditional or folkloric.
MV304 Knowledge of the method. If questions relating to the method were not asked in the
contraceptive table but was asked as a current method then code 7 is used and if the question
is not asked in a particular country then code 8 "Not asked" is used.
MV305 Whether the respondent has ever used the contraceptive method. This question is no longer
BASE: Respondents who knew of the method according to MV304.
MV307 Whether the method is currently being used.

Example Contraceptive Table:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Pill IUD Inj. Dia. Cond. F.S M.S P.A With Oth. Nor. Abst L.Am F.C. Foam CS1 CS2 CS3 CS4 CS5
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 1
MV307 1 0
In this example the entries in the table are shown across the page while the variables in each entry are shown
down the page. The numbers shown above the method names are the occurrence or entry number associated
with that method. The respondent knew two methods, Condom and withdrawal. The respondent has used
Condoms and withdrawal and currently using condoms.

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Section M32 (MREC32) Contraceptive Use
MV312 Current contraceptive method
MV312A Most recent contraceptive method

MV312B Contraceptive method with other woman
MV312C Contraceptive method with other woman (2)
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.
MV325B Cost of condoms last time obtained. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
MV372A Shown condom package. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire,
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
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
MV3A09B How many condoms did get last time. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
MV3B17 Source of condoms
MV3B25A Contraception is woman's business and a man should not worry.

MV3B25B Sterilized women become promiscuous.

Section M41 (MREC41) Tuberculosis and Other Health Issues Variables

Tobacco smoking
MV463A Cigarettes
MV463B Pipe
MV463C Chewing tobacco.
MV463D Snuff
MV463E Country specific
MV463F Country specific
MV463G Country specific
MV463X Other
MV463Z Nothing
MV464 Number of cigarettes in last 24 hours

BASE: Respondents smoking cigarettes.
MV474 Heard of Tuberculosis or TB.
Transmission of Tuberculosis
BASE: Ever heard of Tuberculosis (MV474 = 1).
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
MV474H Country specific
MV474I Country specific
MV474J Country specific
MV474X Other
MV474Z Don't know.
MV475 Can tuberculosis be cured.
MV476 Keep secret when family member gets TB.
Injections last 12 months

MV477 Number of injections
MV478 Injections administered by a health worker
MV479 Source for injection by health worker
MV480 Syringe and needle from new, unopened package
MV481 Covered by health insurance
Type of health insurance

BASE: Respondents covered by a health insurance (MV481 = 1).
MV481A Mutual or community organization
MV481B Provided by employer.
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MV481C Social security
MV481D Private or commercial purchased.
MV481H Country specific
MV481X Other
Care for children under 18

MV482A Arrange care of biological children.
MV482B Primary caregiver
MV482C Arrange care of non-biological.
Male circumcision
MV483 Whether the respondent circumcised.
MV483A Age at circumcision
MV483B Who performed the circumcision
MV483C Place where circumcision was done

Section M51 (MREC51) Marriage

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 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: Ever-married men (V501 <> 0).
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
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Sexual intercourse
Variables MV525 to MV528 relate to age at first intercourse, frequency of intercourse and
time since last sexual relations. BASE (for variables MV527 to MV532): Respondents who
have had sexual intercourse (MV525 <> 0).
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 No flag
1 Respondent reported age at first sexual intercourse that exceeds his current age
2 Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring more than one
year after the conception of his first child
3 Respondent reported his age at first sexual intercourse as occurring up to one year
after the conception of his first child
4 Respondent reported that his first sexual intercourse was at the time of his first
marriage, but the respondent was never married
5 Respondent 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 Respondent 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).
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Section M61 (MREC61) Fertility Preferences
MV602 Fertility preferences.. This variable comes from a single question but recoded later
depending on the mens status. Sterilized men are recoded 4, men whom the partner cant 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.
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.

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.
BASE: Currently married or in union men (MV502 = 1).
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

BASE: Wife listed first is not currently pregnant (MV642(1) <> 1).
Reason for not having sex

MV633A Husband has STD
MV633B Husband has other women
MV633C Recent birth
MV633D Tired, mood
Husbands rights
MV634A Get angry
MV634B Refuse financial support
MV634C Use force for unwanted sex
MV634D Have sex with another women

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Section M71 (MREC71) Occupation and Work Status
MV714 Whether the respondent is currently working.

MV714A Have a job from which respondent was absent.
MV716 Respondent's occupation as collected in the country. Codes are country-specific.

BASE: Men who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months
(MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).
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: Men who are currently working or who have worked in the last 12 months
(MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).
MV719 Whether the respondent works for a family member, for someone else or is self-employed.
BASE: Men currently working (MV731 = 1 or MV731 = 2).
MV721 Works at home or away.
MV731 Whether the respondent worked in the last 12 months.
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: Respondent paid in cash or in cash and kind (MV741 = 1 or MV741 = 2).
MV740 Whether the respondent works on his own land, family land, rented land, or on someone
else's land.
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
Final say of the respondent on key issues

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

Justification of wifes beating

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
MV745A Owns a house alone or jointly
MV745B Owns land alone or jointly
Husbands perception about womans pregnancy

MV747A Childbearing is a woman's concern.
MV747B Important for mother and the child health to get assistance at delivery

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Section M75 (MREC75) AIDS and Condom Use Variables
MV750 Heard of sexually transmitted disease

MV751 Whether the respondent has ever heard of AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
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

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 have ever had sexual intercourse (MV525 <> 0).
Condom use during sexual intercourses

MV761B With other woman (1)
MV761C With other woman (2)
MV761D For money
Source for male condom

MV762AA Government hospital
MV762AB Country specific public sector Government health center or post
MV762AC Country specific public sector Family planning clinic
MV762AD Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
MV762AE Country specific public sector Public field worker
MV762AF Country specific public sector Other public
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 Private mobile clinic
MV762AN Country specific private medical sector Private field worker
MV762AO Country specific private medical sector Other private
MV762AP Country specific private medical sector
MV762AQ Country specific private medical sector
MV762AR Country specific private medical sector
MV762AS Country specific other Shop

MV762AT Country specific other Church
MV762AU Country specific other Friends, relatives
MV762AV Country specific other Country specific
MV762AW Country specific other Country specific
MV762AX Country specific other
MV762AZ Don't know source for condom
Source for female condoms

MV762BA Government hospital
MV762BB Country specific public sector Government health center/post
MV762BC Country specific public sector Family planning clinic
MV762BD Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
MV762BE Country specific public sector Public field worker
MV762BF Country specific public sector Other public
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 Private mobile clinic
MV762BN Country specific private medical sector Private field worker
MV762BO Country specific private medical sector Other private
MV762BP Country specific private medical sector
MV762BQ Country specific private medical sector
MV762BR Country specific private medical sector
MV762BS Country specific other Shop
MV762BT Country specific other Church
MV762BU Country specific other Friends, relatives
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
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
MV767B Other partner (1)
MV767C Other partner (2)
BASE: Respondents who had sexual intercourse last 12 months.

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Length of time knows last sexual partner

This questions pertaining to MV768A, MV768B and MV768C are no longer part of the DHS
VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI 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
MV769A Could get a female condom
MV770 Seek advice for last disease

BASE: Respondents who had an infection in the last 12 months.
Place where sought advice for last disease

BASE: Respondents who sought advice for the last disease (MV770 = 1).
MV770A Governmental hospital
MV770B Country specific public sector Health center
MV770C Country specific public sector Public VCT center
MV770D Country specific public sector FP clinic
MV770E Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
MV770F Country specific public sector Field worker
MV770G Country specific public sector
MV770H Country specific public sector
MV770I Country specific public sector
MV770J Country specific public sector Other public
MV770K Private hospital/clinic/doctor
MV770L Country specific private medical sector Private VCT center
MV770M Country specific private medical sector Pharmacy
MV770N Country specific private medical sector Mobile clinic
MV770O Country specific private medical sector Fieldworker
MV770P Country specific private medical sector
MV770Q Country specific private medical sector
MV770R Country specific private medical sector
MV770S Country specific private medical sector Other private
MV770T Country specific other Shop
MV770U Country specific other
MV770V Country specific other
MV770W Country specific other
MV770X Seek advice other
Mother to child AIDS transmission knowledge

MV774A During pregnancy
MV774B During delivery
MV774C By breastfeeding
BASE: Respondents who said that the AIDS virus can be transmitted from the mother to the
child (MV774 = 1).
MV775 Knows someone who has or died of AIDS.

MV777 Allowed to keep AIDS infection secret.
MV778 Willing to care for relative with AIDS.

MV779 Person with AIDS allowed to continue teaching.

MV780 Should children be taught about condoms.

AIDS tests
MV781 Ever been tested
MV783 Know a place to get AIDS test
Knowledge of places for AIDS testing

BASE: Knows a place to get AIDS test (MV783 = 1).
MV784A Governmental hospital

MV784B Country specific public sector Health center
MV784C Country specific public sector Public VCT center
MV784D Country specific public sector FP clinic
MV784E Country specific public sector Mobile clinic
MV784F Country specific public sector Fieldworker
MV784G Country specific public sector
MV784H Country specific public sector
MV784I Country specific public sector
MV784J Country specific public sector Other public
MV784K Private hospital, clinic or doctor
MV784L Country specific private medical sector Private VCT center
MV784M Country specific private medical sector Pharmacy
MV784N Country specific private medical sector Mobile clinic
MV784O Country specific private medical sector Fieldworker
MV784P Country specific private medical sector
MV784Q Country specific private medical sector
MV784R Country specific private medical sector
MV784S Country specific other Other private
MV784T Country specific other
MV784U Country specific other
MV784V Country specific other
MV784X Other
MV785 Heard about other STDs
MV791 Have ever paid anyone in exchange for sex
Paid sex last 12 months

MV793 Paid for sex.
MV793A Condom used
MV793B Condom used every time.

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Section M80 (MREC80) AIDS, STIs and Condom Use Continuation Variables
MV820 Condom use at first sexual intercourse. This question is no longer part of the DHS VI core
MV822 Wife justified asking husband to use condom if he has an STI.
Get AIDS
MV823 Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means.
MV824 Drugs to avoid AIDS transmission to baby during pregnancy.
MV825 Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS.
AIDS Test
The questions pertaining to MV826 and MV827 are no longer part of the DHS VI core
MV826 The last time the respondent was tested
MV826A Months ago most recent HIV test
MV827 Last test was on your own, offered or required.

MV828 Did get results for last test.
MV829 Place were last AIDS test was taken.
Time since last intercourse

MV832B With next to last sexual partner
MV832C With second to last sexual partner
Condom use last 12 months every time had sex

MV833A With last sex partner
MV833B With next to last sex partner
MV833C With second to last sex partner
Age of last 3 recent partners

MV834A Age of most recent partner
MV834B Age of 2nd to most recent partner
MV834C Age of 3rd to most recent partner
Alcohol consumption during sexual intercourse

The questions pertaining to MV835A, MV835B and MV835C are no longer part of the
DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI recode.
MV835A Last time
MV835B Next to last time
MV835C Second to last time
MV836 Total lifetime number of sexual partners.
MV837 Heard of drugs to help infected people to live longer. This question is no longer part of
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Knows someone denied services because of AIDS last 12 months

This questions pertaining to MV844, MV845, MV846, MV847, MV848 and MV849 are no
longer part of the DHS VI core questionnaire, but the variables are kept in the DHS VI
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

This questions pertaining to MV851A to MV851L are no longer part of the DHS VI core
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
MV852B How long ago first had sex with 2nd most recent partner
MV852C How long ago first had sex with 3rd most recent partner
MV853A Times in last 12 months had sex with most recent partner
MV853B Times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd most recent partner
MV853C Times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd most recent partner
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 measuredhs.com.
MV854A Concurrent sexual partners
MV854B Cumulative concurrent sexual partners

Section MG1 (MRECGC) Female Genital Cutting Variables
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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Sections M91-M93 (MREC91-MREC93) Country-Specific Variables
The following sections will appear in the recode data file as needed on a country-specific basis.
MREC91 All single occurrence country-specific variables relating to the respondent.
MREC92-93 The last two country-specific sections are not assigned to any particular section of the questionnaire, but are
used for additional modules not usually incorporated in the questionnaire.

MEASUREDHS.COM
Recoding of the DHS VI

Core Questionnaire
Variables to the DHS VI
Standard Recode
Variables
Recoding DHS VI
A Themme
3/22/2013
Questionnaire -> Recode : From Core Questionnaire to Standard Recode

CCIQ61 -> CCIR61 : DHS-VI Core
HOUSEHOLD -> HOUSEHOLD : Household
QHSECOVER -> RECH0 : Household cover page

AHCLUST -> HV001 : Cluster number
AHNUMBER -> HV002 : Household number
AHREGION -> HV024 : Region of residence
AHELIGM -> HV027 : Eligibility for male interview
AHINTD -> HV016 : Day of household interview
AHINTM -> HV006 : Month of household interview
AHINTY -> HV007 : Year of household interview
AHINTC -> HV008 : Date of HH interview (CMC)
AHINTNUM -> HV018 : Interviewer number
AHRESULT -> HV015 : Result of household interview
AHVISITS -> HV017 : Number of household visits
AHMEMBER -> HV009 : Total members in household
AHWOMEN -> HV010-defacto : Eligible women in household
AHMEN -> HV011-defacto : Eligible men in household
AHRESP -> HV003 : Line of household respondent
AHSUPERV -> HV030 : Supervisor number
AHFEDIT -> HV031 : Field editor number
AHOEDIT -> HV032 : Office editor number
AHKEYER -> HV019 : Data entry clerk
AHNUMDV -> HV044 : Line number of woman eligible for domestic violence
AHWEIGHT -> HV005 : Household weight (6 decimals)
AMWEIGHT -> HV028 : Household weight - male subsample (6 decimals)
AHSTRATA -> HV022 : Sampling errors stratum
AHWLTHF -> HV271 : Wealth index factor (5 decimals)
AHWLTHI -> HV270 : Wealth index quintile
AHTYPE -> HV025 : Type of place of residence
AHALTIT -> HV040 : Cluster altitude in meters
AHELIHEM -> HV027 : Eligibility for hemoglobin
AHSEC01 -> RECH1 : Household Schedule

AH01 -> HVIDX : Line number of member
AH03 -> HV101 : Relationship to head
AH04 -> HV104 : Sex of household member
AH05 -> HV102 : Usual resident
AH06 -> HV103 : Slept last night
AH07 -> HV105 : Age of household members
AH08 -> HV115 : Marital status
AH09 -> HV117 : Eligibility for interview
AH10 -> HV118 : Eligibility for male interview
AH11 -> HV117 : Child's eligibility for interview
AH12 -> HV111 : Mother alive
AH13 -> HV112 : Mother's line number
AH14 -> HV113 : Father alive
AH15 -> HV114 : Father's line number
AH16 -> in HV106 : Ever attended school
AH17A -> in HV106 : Level of education attended
AH17B -> HV107 : Highest grade completed
AH18 -> HV121 : Attend school current year
AH19 -> in HV122 : Education attending
AH19A -> in HV122 : Level of education attending
AH19B -> HV123 : Grade attending
AH20 -> HV140 : Birth certificate / registered
ML07I -> HML16-RECHMH : Age corrected from individual questionnaire
ML07F -> HML17-RCHHMH : Flag for age correction
MLPREG -> HML18-RECHMH : Pregnancy status from individual questionnaire
AHSEC02 -> RECH2 : Household Characteristics

AH101 -> HV252 : Frequency someone smokes in household
AH102 -> HV201 : Source of drinking water
AH103 -> HV235 : Location of source for water
AH104 -> HV204 : Time to water and back (in minutes)
ZH105 -> HV236 : Person fetching water
AH105 -> HV237 : Do anything to water to make safe to drink
1
AH106 -> HV237A-HV237Z : What do you usually do to make water safe to drink
AH107 -> HV205 : Type of toilet facility
AH108 -> HV225 : Share facilities with other households
AH109 -> HV238 : Number of households sharing toilet
AH110A -> HV206 : Electricity
AH110B -> HV207 : Radio
AH110C -> HV208 : Television
AH110D -> HV243A : Mobile telephone
AH110E -> HV221 : Telephone (non-mobile)
AH110F -> HV209 : Refrigerator
AH111 -> HV226 : Type of cooking fuel
AH112 -> HV241 : Food cooked in the house / in separate building / outdoors
AH113 -> HV242 : Household has separate room used as kitchen
AH114 -> HV213 : Main material of floor
AH115 -> HV215 : Main roof material
AH116 -> HV214 : Main wall material
AH117 -> HV216 : Number of rooms used for sleeping
AH118A -> HV243B : Watch
AH118B -> HV210 : Bicycle
AH118C -> HV211 : Motorcycle or Scooter
AH118D -> HV243C : Animal-drawn cart
AH118E -> HV212 : Car or Truck
AH118F -> HV243D : Boat with a motor
AH119 -> HV244 : Own land usable for agriculture
AH120 -> HV245 : Hectares for agricultural land
AH121 -> HV246 : Livestock, herds or farm animals
AH122A -> HV246A : Cattle
AH122B -> HV246B : Cows / bulls
AH122C -> HV246C : Horses / donkeys / mules
AH122D -> HV246D : Goats
AH122E -> HV246E : Sheep
AH122F -> HV246F : Chickens
AH123 -> HV247 : Bank account
AH124 -> HV253 : Has dwelling been sprayed against mosquitoes in last 12 months
AH125 -> in HV253A-Z : Company or organization who sprayed dwelling
AH126 -> HV227 : Mosquito nets used while sleeping
AH127 -> HML1/HML1A : Number of mosquito nets
AH137 -> HV230A : Place where household members wash their hands
AH138 -> HV230B : Presence of water at hand washing place
AH139A -> HV232 : Items present: Soap or detergent
AH139B -> HV232B : Items present: Ash, mud, sand
AH139C -> HV232Y : Items present: None
AH140 -> HV234A : Test salt for Iodine
AHSEC03 -> RECHML : Mosquito Nets

AHCOL3 -> HMLIDX : Mosquito Bed Net Designation Number
AH128 -> HML3 : Net observed by interviewer
AH129 -> HML4 : Months ago net obtained
AH130 -> HML7 : Brand of net
AH131 -> HML5 : Net treated with insecticide when bought
AH132 -> HML8 : Net treated since receiving
AH133 -> HML9 : Time since last re-treatment (months)
AH134 -> HML21 : Someone slept under this net last night
AH135A -> HMLA : Line number of 1st person who slept under this net
AH135B -> HMLB : Line number of 2nd person who slept under this net
AH135C -> HMLC : Line number of 3rd person who slept under this net
AH135D -> HMLD : Line number of 4th person who slept under this net
AHSEC04 -> RECH6 : Height, Weight, Hemoglobin (children)

AH202 -> HC0 : Line number in household schedule
AH203D -> HC16 : Day of birth
AH203M -> HC30 (from ACCMC) : Month of birth
AH203Y -> HC31 (from ACCMC) : Year of birth
AH203 -> HC32 (from ACCMC) : Date of birth (CMC)
AH204 -> not used : Child born in 2000(8) or later
AH205 -> HC2, in HC13 : Weight in kilograms
AH206 -> HC3, in HC13 : Height in centimeters
2
AH207 -> HC15 : Height: lying or standing

AH208 -> not used : Born in month of interview or previous 5 months
AH209 -> HC51 : Line no. of parent/caretaker
AH211 -> HC52 : Read consent statement
AH212 -> HC53, HC55, HC56 : Hemoglobin level (g/dl)
ACCMC -> HC32 : Child's (imputed) CMC of date of birth from ind. quest.
ACFLG -> HC33 : Date flag for child's date of birth
ACMBR -> HC30 : Imputed month of birth
ACYBR -> HC31 : Child's year of birth
ACPC1 -> HC4 : Height/Age Percentile (CDC)
ACSD1 -> HC5 : Height/Age Standard deviations (CDC)
ACRM1 -> HC6 : Height/Age Percent of ref. median (CDC)
ACPC2 -> HC7 : Weight/Age Percentile (CDC)
ACSD2 -> HC8 : Weight/Age Standard deviations (CDC)
ACRM2 -> HC9 : Weight/Age Percent of reference median (CDC)
ACPC3 -> HC10 : Weight/Height Percentile (CDC)
ACSD3 -> HC11 : Weight/Height Standard deviations (CDC)
ACRM3 -> HC12 : Weight/Height Percent of reference median (CDC)
ACMLN -> HC60 : Mother's line number from individual questionnaire
ACBO -> HC64 : Birth order of child
ACBI -> HC63 : Birth interval
ACED1 -> HC61 : Mother's highest educational level
ACED2 -> HC62 : Mother's highest grade at that level
ACED3 -> HC68 : Mother's highest educ. level (CS for prel. & final report)
ACSD4 -> HC70 : Ht/A Standard deviations (according to WHO)
ACSD5 -> HC71 : Wt/A Standard deviations (according to WHO)
ACSD6 -> HC72 : Wt/Ht Standard deviations (according to WHO)
ACSD7 -> HC73 : BMI Standard deviations (according to WHO)
AHSEC05 -> RECH5 : Height, Weight, Hemoglobin (women)

AH215 -> HA0 : Line number in household schedule
AH216 -> HA2, in HA13 : Weight in kilograms
AH217 -> HA3, in HA13 : Height in centimeters
AH218 -> HA50 : Under age 18
AH219 -> HA60 : Marital status
AH220 -> HA51 : Line no. of parent/caretaker
AH222 -> in HA52 : Read consent statement to parent/caretaker (Anemia)
AH224 -> in HA52 : Read consent statement to respondent (Anemia)
AH225 -> HA54 : Currently pregnant
AH229 -> in HA61 : Read consent statement to parent/caretaker (HIV)
AH231 -> in HA61 : Read consent statement to respondent (HIV)
AH231I -> HA70 : Interviewer number
AH235 -> in HA64 : Read consent statement to parent/caretaker (Additional tests)
AH237 -> in HA64 : Read consent statement to respondent (Additional tests)
AH240 -> HA53, HA55, HA56 : Hemoglobin level (g/dl)
AH241 -> HA62, HA63 : Blood sample ID number
AH235 -> HA64 : Read consent statement (Additional tests)
AWCMC -> HA32 : CMC of date birth of woman (from individual questionnaire)
AWFLG -> HA33 : Date flag for woman's date of birth
AWMBR -> from AWCMC : Month of birth
AWYBR -> from AWCMC : Woman's year of birth
AWSMK -> HA35 : Respondent smoke practices
AWPC1 -> HA4 : Height/Age Percentile (resp.)
AWSD1 -> HA5 : Height/Age Standard deviations (resp.)
AWRM1 -> HA6 : Height/Age Percent ref. median (resp.)
AWRM3 -> HA12 : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (DHS)
AWRM4 -> HA12A : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (Foggarty)
AWRM5 -> HA12B : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (WHO)
AWSD3 -> HA11 : Weight/Height Standard deviations (resp.) DHS
AWBM -> HA40 : Body mass index for respondent
AWRI -> HA41 : Rohrer's index for respondent
AWRESI -> HA65 : Result of individual interview
AWED1 -> HA66 : Woman's highest educational level
AWED2 -> HA67 : Woman's highest year of education
AWED3 -> HA68 : Highest educ. level (CS for preliminary & final report)
AWHIVWGT -> HA69 : HIV weight (6 decimals)
3
AHSEC06 -> RECHMA : Height, Weight, Hemoglobin (men)

AH244 -> HB0 : Line number in household schedule
AH245 -> HB2, HA13 : Weight in kilograms
AH246 -> HB3, HA13 : Height in centimeters
AH247 -> HB50 : Under age 18
AH248 -> HB60 : Marital status
AH249 -> HB51 : Line no. of parent/caretaker
AH251 -> in HB52 : Read consent statement to adult/caretaker (Anemia)
AH253 -> in HB52 : Read consent statement to respondent (Anemia)
AH257 -> in HB61 : Read consent statement to adult/caretaker (HIV)
AH259 -> in HB61 : Read consent statement to respondent (HIV)
AH259I -> HB70 : Interviewer number
AH263 -> in HB64 : Read consent statement to adult/caretaker (Additional tests)
AH265 -> in HB64 : Read consent statement to respondent (Additional tests)
AH268 -> HB53, HB55 : Hemoglobin level (g/dl)
AH269 -> HB62, HB63 : Blood sample ID number
AMCMC -> HB32 : CMC of birth of man
AMFLG -> HB33 : Date flag for man's date of birth
AMMBR -> from AMCMC : Imputed month of birth
AMYBR -> from AMCMC : Man's year of birth
AMSMK -> HB35 : Respondent smoke practices
AMPC1 -> HB4 : Height/Age Percentile (resp.)
AMSD1 -> HB5 : Height/Age Standard deviations (resp.)
AMRM1 -> HB6 : Height/Age Percent ref. median (resp.)
AMRM3 -> HB12 : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (DHS)
AMRM4 -> HB12A : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (Foggarty)
AMRM5 -> HB12B : Weight/Height Percent ref. median (WHO)
AMSD3 -> HB11 : Weight/Height Standard deviations (resp.) DHS
AMBM -> HB40 : Body mass index for respondent
AMRI -> HB41 : Rohrer's index for respondent
AMRESI -> HB65 : Result of individual interview
AMED1 -> HB66 : Man's highest educational level
AMED2 -> HB67 : Man's highest year of education
AMED3 -> HB68 : Highest educ. level (CS for preliminary & final report)
AMHIVWGT -> HB69 : HIV weight (6 decimals)
INDIVIDUAL -> WOMAN : Individual womans questionnaire
ASECOVER -> REC01 : Individual Identification

ACLUSTER -> V001 : Cluster number
ANUMBER -> V002 : Household number
AREGION -> V024, V101 : Region of residence
ALINE -> V003 : Line number of woman
AINTD -> V016 : Day of interview
AINTM -> V006 : Month of interview
AINTY -> V007 : Year of interview
AINTC -> V008 : Date of interview (CMC)
AINTNUM -> V028 : Interviewer number
ARESULT -> V015 : Result of individual interview
AVISITS -> V027 : Total number of visits
ASUPERV -> V030 : Supervisor number
AFEDIT -> V031 : Field editor number
AOEDIT -> V032 : Office editor number
AKEYER -> V029 and V806-REC81 : Data entry clerk
AWEIGHT -> V005 : Sample weight (6 decimals)
ATYPE -> V025 : Type of place of residence
ADWEIGHT -> D005-RECDV : Domestic violence weight (6 decimals)
AWSEC01 -> REC11 : Respondent's Background

A101H -> in V801-REC81 : Start of interview (hour)
A101M -> in V801-REC81 : Start of interview (minutes)
A102M -> V109 : Month of birth
A102Y -> V010 : Year of birth
A103 -> V012 : Current age of respondent
A104 -> in V106 : Ever attended school
A105 -> in V106 : Highest educational level
A106 -> V107 : Highest grade at that level
4
A108 -> V155 : Sentence read

A110 -> V157 : Reads newspaper
A111 -> V158 : Listens to radio
A112 -> V159 : Watches television
A113 -> V130 : Religion
A114 -> V131 : Ethnicity
A115 -> V167 : Number of trips in last 12 months
A116 -> V168 : Away for more than one month in last 12 months
A102C -> V011 : Date of birth (CMC)

A102F -> V014 : Date flag for A102C
AWFTOTAL -> AWFACTT : All woman factor - total
AWFTYPE -> AWFACTU : All woman factor - urban/rural
AWFREG -> AWFACTR : All woman factor - regional
AWFEDUC -> AWFACTE : All woman factor - educational
AWFWLTH -> AWFACTW : All woman factor - wealth index
AWSEC2A -> REC22 : Reproduction

A201 -> not used : Ever given birth
A202 -> not used : Sons or daughters living with
A203A -> V202 : Sons at home
A203B -> V203 : Daughters at home
A204 -> not used : Sons or daughters living away
A205A -> V204 : Sons living elsewhere
A205B -> V205 : Daughters living elsewhere
A206 -> not used : Sons or daughters who died
A207A -> V206 : Boys who died
A207B -> V207 : Girls who died
A208 -> V201 : Total children ever born
AWSEC2B -> REC21 : Birth History

A212 -> BORD,BIDX : Line number of child
A213 -> B4 : Sex of child
A214 -> B0 : Single or Multiple Births
A215M -> B1 : Month of birth
A215Y -> B2 : Year of birth
A216 -> B5 : Child is still alive
A217 -> B8 : Current age of child
A218 -> B9 : Child living with respondent
A219 -> B16 : Line number in the household
A220U -> in B6 and B7 : Age at death (units)
A220N -> in B6 and B7 : Age at death (number)
A221 -> B15 : Live birth between births
A215C -> B3 : Date of birth of child (CMC)
A215F -> B10 : Date flag for A215C
A220C -> B7 : Age at death months (imputed)
A220F -> B13 : Date flag for A220C
AWSEC2C -> REC82 : Calendar

ACAL -> VCAL : Calendar
AWSEC2D -> REC22 : Reproduction (continued)

A222 -> V237 : Birth between last & interview
A224 -> V208-5 yrs, V238-3 yrs : Births since January 200?
A226 -> V213 : Currently pregnant
A227 -> V214 : Duration of current pregnancy
A228 -> in V225 : Wanted pregnancy at that time
A229 -> in V225 : Wanted pregnancy
A230 -> V228 : Miscarriage, abortion, or stillbirth
A231M -> V229 : Month pregnancy ended
A231Y -> V230 : Year pregnancy ended
A233 -> V233 : Months pregnant when pregnancy ended
A234 -> V234 : Other such pregnancies
A236 -> V239 : Terminated pregnancy before 200?
A237M -> V240 : Month of last non-live birth pregnancy before 200?
A237Y -> V241 : Year of last non-live birth pregnancy before 200?
A238U -> in V215 : Time since last period (unit)
5
A238N -> in V215 : Time since last period (number)

A239 -> in V217 : Knowledge of fertile period
A240 -> in V217 : When is the fertile period
A227C -> from V214 : Date of conception (CMC)
A238F -> V227 : Flag for A238
AWSEC3A -> REC31 : Contraceptive Knowledge & Use

AWSEC31_GRP -> REC31_GROUP : Contraception listing
A301N -> V304A : Contraceptive method
A301 -> V304 : Heard of method
AWSEC3B -> REC32 : Contraceptive Practice
A313 -> V302 : Ever used a contraceptive method

A303 -> in V312 : Currently using any method
A304 -> in V312, V307-REC31 : Current contraceptive method
A305 -> V323 : Brand name of pills used
A306 -> V323A : Brand name of condoms used
Z307 -> V310 : Living children at first use
A307 -> V326, V3A07 : Where sterilization took place
A308M -> V315 : Month started using current method
A308Y -> V316 : Year started using current method
A313 -> V302A : Ever used anything or tried to delay or avoid getting pregnant
A314 -> filter : Current contraceptive method (filter)
A315 -> in V3A07 : Source for current method when started
A316 -> filter : Current contraceptive method
A317 -> V3A02 : Told about side effects
A318 -> V3A03 : Told about side effects by health or FP worker
A319 -> V3A04 : Told how to deal with side effects
A320 -> V3A05 : Told about other FP methods
A321 -> V3A06 : Told about other FP methods by health or FP worker
A322 -> filter : Current contraceptive method (filter)
A323 -> in V326 : Last source of FP
A324 -> in V3A00A:V3A00Z : Know source for FP
A325 -> in V3A00A:V3A00Z : Source for FP
A326 -> V393 : Visited by FP worker in last 12 months
A327 -> V394 : Visited health facility in last 12 months
A328 -> V395 : At health facility, told of FP
A304N -> V312 : Current contraceptive method (major method)
A308C -> V317 : Date started using current method (CMC)
AWSEC04 -> REC41 : Pregnancy and Postnatal Care

A403 -> MIDX = BIDX : Line number
A405 -> in M10 : Wanted to get pregnant
A406 -> in M10 : Time wanted pregnancy
A407U -> in M11 : Time would have waited (unit)
A407N -> in M11 : Time would have waited (number)
A409 -> M2A:M2Y : Antenatal care for pregnancy
A410 -> M57A:M57X : Where antenatal care took place
A411 -> M13 : Months pregnant at first antenatal visit
A412 -> M14 : Antenatal visits during pregnancy
A413A -> M42C : Blood pressure
A413B -> M42D : Urine sample
A413C -> M42E : Blood sample
A414 -> M43 : Told about signs of complications
A415 -> in M1 : Tetanus injection during pregnancy
A416 -> in M1 : Number of tetanus injections
A418 -> in M1A : Tetanus injections before pregnancy
A419 -> in M1A : Number of tetanus injections before pregnancy
A420 -> M1D : Years ago received last tetanus injection before pregnancy
A421 -> M45 : Iron tablets during pregnancy
A422 -> M46 : Number of days took iron tablets
A423 -> M60 : Drugs for intestinal parasites
A424 -> in M49A:M49X : Take anti-malarial drugs (Malaria)
A425 -> in M49A:M49X : Anti-malarial drugs (Malaria)
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A427 -> ML1-RECML : How many times took Fansidar (Malaria)

A429 -> ML2-RECML : Took Fansidar during antenatal visit (Malaria)
A430 -> M18 : Size of child at birth
A431 -> M19A : Weighed at birth
A432U -> in M19 : Weight at birth (units)
A432N -> in M19 : Weight in Kilograms
A433 -> M3A:M3N : Assistance at delivery
A434 -> M15 : Place of delivery
A434AU -> in M61 : Time spent at place of delivery (unit)
A434AN -> in M61 : Time spent at place of delivery (number)
A435 -> M17 : Delivery by caesarean section
A436 -> M62 : Postnatal check before discharge
A437 -> in M66 : Checkup after discharge from place of delivery
A438 -> in M66 : Received postnatal check
A439 -> M52 : Person giving postnatal care
A440U -> in M51 : First postnatal check on respondent (Units)
A440N -> in M51 : First postnatal check on respondent (Number)
A442 -> M70 : Health child checked in first 2 months after birth
A443U -> in M71 : First postnatal check on child (unit)
A443N -> in M71 : First postnatal check on child (number)
A444 -> M72 : Person giving postnatal check on child
A445 -> M73 : Place of first postnatal check
A446 -> M54 : Received vitamin A
A447 -> in M6, M7 : Period returned
A448 -> in M6, M7 : Period returned between births
A449 -> in M6, M7 : Months without a period
A451 -> in M8, M9 : Begun to have sexual intercourse
A452 -> in M8, M9 : Months without sexual intercourse
A453 -> in M4, M5 : Ever breastfed
A455U -> in M34 : When child put to breast (Unit)
A455N -> in M34 : When child put to breast (Number)
A456 -> in M55A:M55X : Any fluid given before breast milk
A457 -> in M55A:M55X : Fluid given before breast milk
A459 -> in M4, M5 : Still breastfeeding
A460 -> M38 : Drink in a bottle with nipple
A449F -> M28 : Flag for amenorrhea
A452F -> M29 : Flag for abstinence
Z466F -> M27 : Flag for breastfeeding
AWSEC5A -> REC43 : Immunization and Health

A502 -> HIDX = BIDX : Line number in birth history
A504 -> in H1 : Has vaccination card
A505 -> in H1 : Ever had vaccination card
A506B -> H2 : BCG date
D506B -> H2D : BCG day
M506B -> H2M : BCG month
Y506B -> H2Y : BCG year
A506P0 -> H0 : Polio at birth date
D506P0 -> H0D : Polio at birth day
M506P0 -> H0M : Polio at birth month
Y506P0 -> H0Y : Polio at birth year
A506P1 -> H4 : Polio 1 date
D506P1 -> H4D : Polio 1 day
M506P1 -> H4M : Polio 1 month
Y506P1 -> H4Y : Polio 1 year
A506D1 -> H3 : DPT 1 date
D506D1 -> H3D : DPT 1 day
M506D1 -> H3M : DPT 1 month
Y506D1 -> H3Y : DPT 1 year
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A506M -> H9 : Measles date
D506M -> H9D : Measles day
M506M -> H9M : Measles month
Y506M -> H9Y : Measles year
A506V1 -> H33 : Last Vitamin A date
D506V1 -> H33D : Last Vitamin A day
M506V1 -> H33M : Last Vitamin A month
Y506V1 -> H33Y : Last Vitamin A year
A508 -> filter : Other vaccination not recorded
A509 -> H10 : Ever receive vaccinations
A510A -> in H2 : BCG vaccination
A510B -> in H0, H4, H6, H8 : Polio vaccine
A510C -> in H0, H4, H6, H8 : When first polio was given
A510D -> in H4, H6, H8 : Number of Polio vaccines
A510E -> in H3, H5, H7 : DPT vaccination
A510F -> in H3, H5, H7 : Number of DPT vaccines
A510G -> in H9 : Measles vaccine (at 9 months or older)
A511 -> H34 : Vitamin-A dose within last 6 months
A512 -> H42 : Taking iron pills, sprinkles or syrup in last 7 days
A513 -> H43 : Drugs for intestinal parasites in last 6 months
A514 -> H11 : Diarrhea in last 2 weeks
A515 -> H11B : Blood in stools
A516 -> H38 : Drinking pattern with diarrhea (including breast milk)
A517 -> H39 : Eating pattern with diarrhea
A518 -> in H12A:H12Z : Sought treatment for diarrhea
A519 -> in H12A:H12Z : Where sought treatment
A521 -> H44A : First advice or treatment for diarrhea
A522A -> H13 : Fluid from ORS Packet
A522B -> H13B : Pre-packaged ORS liquid
A522C -> H14 : Home-made fluid
A523 -> H21A : Anything else to treat diarrhea
A524 -> in H15, H15A:H15M, H20 : Given to treat diarrhea
A525 -> H22 : Fever in last 2 weeks
A526 -> H47 : Blood taken from child's finger/heel for testing
A527 -> H31 : Cough in last 2 weeks
A528 -> H31B : Breathe faster with short, fast breaths
A529 -> H31C : Problem in the chest or blocked or running nose
A531 -> H31D : Less, same or more to drink during fever/cough (including
breast milk)
A532 -> H31E : Less, usual or more to eat during fever/cough
A533 -> in H32A:H32Z : Sought advice/treatment for fever/cough
A534 -> in H32A:H32Z : Where sought advice/treatment
A536 -> H46A : First advice or treatment for fever/cough
A537 -> in H37A:H37Z or ML13A:ML13: Any drugs for fever/cough
A538 -> in H37A:H37Z or ML13A:ML13: Drugs for fever/cough
A541 -> ML15A-RECML : Timing of start of fansidar
A543 -> ML16A-RECML : Timing of start of chloroquine
A545 -> ML17A-RECML : Timing of start of amodiaquine
A547 -> ML18A-RECML : Timing of start of quinine
A549 -> ML20A-RECML : Timing of start of combination with artemisinin
A551 -> ML23A-RECML : Timing of start of other anti-malarial use
AWSEC5B -> REC42 : Oral Rehydration

A554 -> V465 : Disposal of stools
A556 -> V416 : Ever heard of ORS product
A558A -> V409 : Child drank plain water
A558B -> V410 : Child drank juice or juice drinks
A558C -> V412C : Child ate soup
A558D -> V411 : Child drank milk e.g. tinned, powdered, or fresh animal milk
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A558DN -> V469E : Times child drank milk

A558E -> V411A : Child drank infant formula
A558EN -> V469F : Times child drank infant formula
A558F -> V413 : Child drank any other liquids
A558G -> V414V : Child ate yoghurt
A558GN -> V469X : Times child at yoghurt
A558H -> V412A : Child ate commercially fortified cereal (baby food)
A558I -> V414E : Child ate bread, rice, noodles, or foods made from grains
A558J -> V414I : Child ate pumpkin, carrots, squash or sweet potatoes that are
yellow or orange inside
A558K -> V414F : Child ate white potatoes, white yams, manioc, cassava, or
any other foods made from roots
A558L -> V414J : Child ate any dark green, leafy vegetables
A558M -> V414K : Child ate ripe mangoes, papayas or other vitamin A rich fruits
A558N -> V414L : Child ate any other fruits and vegetables
A558O -> V414M : Child ate liver, kidney, heart or other organ meats
A558P -> V414H : Child ate any meat such as beef, pork, lamb, goat, chicken or
duck
A558Q -> V414G : Child ate eggs
A558R -> V414N : Child ate fresh or dried fish or shellfish
A558S -> V414O : Child ate any foods made from beans, peas, lentils or nuts
A558T -> V414P : Child ate cheese or other foods made from milk
A558U -> V414S : Child ate any other solid or semi-solid food
A560 -> M39A-REC41 : Child ate any solid, semi-solid of soft foods yesterday
A561 -> M39-REC41 : Times ate solid, semisolid, or soft foods yesterday
AWSEC06 -> REC51 : Marriage and Sexual Activity

A601 -> in V501 : Currently in union
A602 -> V502, V535 : Have ever been married or lived with a man
A603 -> in V501 : Current marital status
A604 -> V504 : Partner living with respondent
A605 -> V034-REC01 : Line number of husband
A606 -> in V505 : Husband has other wives
A607 -> in V505 : Number of other wives
A608 -> V506 : Wife's rank number
A609 -> V503 : In union more than once
A610M -> V507 : Time of first union (month)
A610Y -> V508 : Time of first union (year)
A611 -> V511 : Age at first union
A613 -> V525 : Age at first intercourse
A615U -> in V527 : Time since last intercourse (unit)
A615N -> in V527 : Time since last intercourse (number)
A610C -> V509 : Date of first union (CMC)
A613F -> V532 : Flag for A613
A615F -> V530 : Flag for A615
AWSEC61 -> REC75 and REC80 : Sexual activity

A616U -> in V832B, V832C : Time since last intercourse with each person (unit)
A616N -> in V832B, V832C : Time since last intercourse with each person (number)
A617 -> V761, V761B, V761C : Used condom during last intercourse
A618 -> V833A, V833B, V833C : Used condom every time in last 12 months
A619 -> V767A, V767B, V767C : Relationship with each partner
A622U -> in V852A, V852B, V852C : Duration of relationship (unit)
A622N -> in V852A, V852B, V852C : Duration of relationship (Number)
A623 -> V853A, V853B, V853C : Times in last 12 months had sex with each partner
A624 -> V834A, V834B, V834C : Age of each partner
A625 -> filter : Intercourse with anyone else in last 12 months
A626 -> V766A, V766B : Total number of partners last 12 months
A627 -> V836 : Total lifetime number of sexual partners
A628 -> in V815A, V815B, V815C : Presence of others during this section
A629 -> in V762AA:V762AZ : Knows source for condoms
A630 -> in V762AA:V762AZ : Source for condoms
A631 -> V769 : Could get condoms herself
A632 -> in V762BA:V762BZ : Knows source for female condoms
A633 -> in V762BA:V762BZ : Source for female condoms
A634 -> V769A : Could get female condoms herself
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AWSEC07 -> REC61 : Fertility Preferences

A703 -> in V602 : Desire future child among pregnant women
A704 -> in V602 : Desire future child among non-pregnant women
A705U -> in V603, V616 : Time for future birth (unit)
A705N -> in V603, V616 : Time for future birth (number)
A709 -> V3A08A:V3A08Z-REC32 : Main reason not using to limit or to space
A711 -> in V362, V364-REC32 : Intend to use method any time
A712 -> V613 : Ideal number of children
A713A -> V627 : Ideal number of boys
A713B -> V628 : Ideal number of girls
A713C -> V629 : Ideal number of either
A714A -> V384A-REC32 : Heard FP on radio last months
A714B -> V384B-REC32 : Heard FP on TV last months
A714C -> V384C-REC32 : Heard FP newspaper or magazine last month
A718 -> V632 : Decision maker for using contraception
A720 -> V621 : Partner's preferred number of children same as respondent
AWSEC08 -> REC71 : Husband's and Woman's Background

A802 -> V730 : Partner's age
A803 -> in V701 : Partner ever attended school
A804 -> in V701 : Partner's level of education
A805 -> V702 : Partner's highest grade
A806 -> V704, V705 : Partner's occupation
A807 -> in V714 : Respondent worked in last 7 days (apart from own housework)
A808 -> in V714 : probed
A809 -> V714A, in V731 : Have a job from which she was absent
A810 -> in V731 : Worked in last 12 months
A811 -> V716, V717 : Respondent's occupation
A812 -> V719 : Work for a family member
A813 -> V732 : Work through year/seasonally
A814 -> V741 : Paid in cash or kind
A817 -> V739 : Who usually decides how earnings will be used
A818 -> V746 : Earns more than partner
A819 -> V743F : Who usually decides on spending husband's/partner's earnings
A820 -> V743A : Own health care
A821 -> V743B : Making large household purchases
A822 -> V743D : Visits to family
A823 -> V745A : Owns a house alone or jointly
A824 -> V745B : Owns land alone or jointly
A825A -> V811-REC81 : Children <10
A825B -> V812-REC81 : Husband
A825C -> V813-REC81 : Other males
A825D -> V814-REC81 : Other females
A826A -> V744A : Wife goes out
A826B -> V744B : Wife neglects children
A826C -> V744C : Wife argues
A826D -> V744D : Wife refuses sex
A826E -> V744E : Wife burns food
AWSEC09 -> REC75 and REC80 : HIV/AIDS

A901 -> in V750, V751 : Ever heard of AIDS
A902 -> V754DP : Reduce chances of AIDS by having just one uninfected sex
partner
A903 -> V754JP : Can get AIDS from mosquito bites
A904 -> V754CP : Reduce chances of AIDS by using condom
A905 -> V754WP : Can get AIDS by sharing food
A906 -> V823 : Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means
A907 -> V756 : Can a healthy-looking person have AIDS
A908A -> V774A : Aids transmitted during pregnancy
A908B -> V774B : Aids transmitted during delivery
A908C -> V774C : Aids transmitted by breastfeeding
A910 -> V824 : Drugs to avoid indicator transmission to baby during pregnancy
A914A -> V838A : AIDS transmitted mother to child
A914B -> V838B : Things to do to prevent AIDS
A914C -> V838C : Getting tested for AIDS virus
A915 -> V839 : Offered AIDS test as part of antenatal visit
A916 -> in V781, V840 : Tested for AIDS virus as part of antenatal visit
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A917 -> in V829, V842 : Place were AIDS test was taken as part of antenatal visit
A918 -> in V828, V841 : Got results of AIDS test as part of antenatal visit
A919 -> V855 : Received counseling after tested for AIDS during antenatal
care
A921 -> V839A : Offered HIV test just before delivery in medical center
A922 -> V840A, V781 : Tested for HIV between the time went for delivery and before
baby was born
A923 -> V841A, in V828 : Got results of HIV test when tested before baby was born
A924 -> V843 : Tested for AIDS virus since test as part of antenatal visit
A925 -> in V826A : Months ago most recent HIV test
A926 -> in V781 : Ever been tested for AIDS virus (home delivery)
A927 -> in V826A : When was last time you were tested for AIDS virus
A928 -> in V828 : Did get the test results of AIDS test
A929 -> in V829 : Place of AIDS test
A930 -> V783 : Know a place to be tested for AIDS virus
A931 -> V784A:V784X : Place known for AIDS test
A932 -> V825 : Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS
A933 -> V777 : AIDS infected family member kept secret
A934 -> V778 : Willing to care for AIDS infected relative in household
A935 -> V779 : Female teacher with AIDS virus allowed to continue teaching
A936 -> V780 : Children 12-14 should be taught about condoms
A937 -> in V750, V785 : Heard about other STDs
A940 -> V763A : Had an STD in last 12 months
A941 -> V763C : Had abnormal genital discharge in last 12 months
A942 -> V763B : Had a genital sore or ulcer in last 12 months
A944 -> V770 : Sought advice or treatment for STD
A945 -> V770A:V770X : Place for advice or treatment of STD
A946 -> V822 : Wife is justified to ask use of condom when husband has STD
A947 -> V633B-REC61 : Wife is justified to refuse sex when knows husband has sex
with other women
A949 -> V850A : Can respondent refuse sex
A950 -> V850B : Can ask partner to use condom
AWSEC10 -> REC42 : Other Health Issues

A1001 -> V477 : Number of injections in last 12 months
A1002 -> V478 : Injections administered by a health worker
A1003 -> V480 : Syringe and needle from new, unopened package
A1004 -> V463A : Currently smokes cigarettes
A1005 -> V464 : Number of cigarettes smoked in last 24 hours
A1006 -> in V463A:V463X : Currently smokes or uses tobacco besides cigarettes
A1007 -> in V463A:V463X : Type of tobacco used besides cigarettes
A1008A -> V467B : Getting permission
A1008B -> V467C : Getting money needed for treatment
A1008C -> V467D : Distance, no nearby health facility
Z1013D -> V467E : Having to take transport
A1008D -> V467F : Not wanting to go alone
A1009 -> in V481 : Covered by health insurance
A1010 -> in V481A:V481X : Type of health insurance
A1011H -> V802-REC81 : End of interview (hour)
A1011M -> V802-REC81 : End of interview (minutes)
AWSECMM -> REC83 and REC84 : Maternal Mortality

MM901 -> MMC1 : Mother's children ever born
MM903 -> MMC2 : Children born before respond.
MM904 -> not used : Column number
MM905 -> MM1 : Sex of sibling
MM906 -> MM2 : Sibling alive
MM907 -> MM3 : Age of sibling
MM908 -> MM6 : Years since siblings death
MM909 -> MM7 : Age of sibling at death
MM910 -> in MM9 : Died while pregnant
MM911 -> in MM9 : Died during childbirth
MM912 -> in MM9 : Died within 2 months of delivery
MM913 -> MM14 : Children gave birth to
MM907C -> MM4 : CMC date of birth of sibling
MM908C -> MM8 : CMC date of death of sibling
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AWSECDV -> RECDV : Domestic Violence

DV01 -> V044-REC01 : Privacy obtained
DV03A -> D101A : Husband/partner is jealous or angry if respondent talks to
other men
DV03B -> D101B : Husband/partner accuses respondent of being unfaithful
DV03C -> D101C : Husband/partner does not permit respondent to meet female
friends
DV03D -> D101D : Husband/partner tries to limit respondents contact with her
family
DV03E -> D101E : Husband/partner insists on knowing where respondent is
DV04A1 -> in D103A : Husband/partner ever said or did something to humiliate
Respondent in front of others
DV04A2 -> in D103A : How often did husband/partner do DV04A1 during the last 12
months
DV04B1 -> in D103B : Husband/partner ever threatened respondent or someone close to
Her with harm
DV04B2 -> in D103B : How often did husband/partner do DV04B1 during the last 12
months
DV04C1 -> in D103C : Husband/partner ever insulted respondent or makes her feel bad
About herself
DV04C2 -> in D103C : How often did husband/partner do DV04C1 during the last 12
months
DV05A1 -> in D105A : Husband/partner ever pushed respondent, shook her or threw
something at her
DV05A2 -> in D105A : How often did husband/partner do DV05A1 during the last 12
months
DV05B1 -> in D105B : Husband partner ever slapped respondent
DV05B2 -> in D105B : How often did husband/partner do DV05B1 during the last 12
months
DV05C1 -> in D105J : Husband/partner ever twisted respondents arm or pull her hair
DV05C2 -> in D105J : How often did husband/partner do DV05C1 during the last 12
months
DV05D1 -> in D105C : Husband/partner ever punched respondent with his fist or with
something that could hurt you
DV05D2 -> in D105C : How often did husband/partner do DV05D1 during the last 12
months
DV05E1 -> in D105D : Husband/partner ever kicked respondent, dragged her or beat
her up
DV05E2 -> in D105D : How often did husband/partner do DV05E1 during the last 12
months
DV05F1 -> in D105E : Husband/partner ever tried to choke respondent or burn her on
purpose
DV05F2 -> in D105E : How often did husband/partner do DV05F1 during the last 12
months
DV05G1 -> in D105F : Husband/partner ever threatened or attacked respondent with a
knife, gun or any other weapon
DV05G2 -> in D105F : How often did husband/partner do DV05G1 during the last 12
months
DV05H1 -> in D105H : Husband/partner ever physically forced respondent to have
sexual intercourses
DV05H2 -> in D105H : How often did husband/partner do DV05H1 during the last 12
months
DV05I1 -> in D105K : Husband/partner ever forced her to perform other sexual acts
she did not want to do
DV05I2 -> in D105K : How often did husband/partner do DV05I1 during the last 12
Months
DV05J1 -> in D105I : Husband/partner ever forced with threats to perform sexual acts
she did not want to do
DV05J2 -> in D105I : How often did husband/partner do DV05J1 during the last 12
months
DV07 -> D109 : Time after respondent got married/started living together
first time any of these things happened
DV08A -> D110A : Ever had cuts, bruises or aches because of husband's act
DV08B -> D110B : Ever had eye injuries, sprains, dislocations or burns
DV08C -> D110D : Ever had deep wounds, broken bones, broken teeth or other
serious injury
DV09 -> D112 : Ever physically hurt husband when he was not hurting you
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DV10 -> D112A : Times respondent did DV09 in last 12 months

DV11 -> D113 : Partner drinks alcohol
DV12 -> D114 : Times partner gets drunk
DV13 -> D129 : Respondent is afraid of her (last) husband/partner: most of
the time, sometimes or never
DV15A -> D130A, D130B : Previous husband/partner ever hit, slapped or did anything
else to hurt respondent
DV15B -> D130B : Previous husband/partner ever physically forced respondent to
have intercourse or perform any sexual acts against her will
DV16 -> D115Y : Ever physically hurt by someone
DV17 -> in D115B:D115X : Person who hurt respondent
DV18 -> D117A : Times hit by other than partner last 12 months
DV20 -> D118Y : Ever physically hurt during pregnancy?
DV21 -> in D118A:D118X : Person who hurt her during pregnancy
DV22 -> D125 : Anyone forced respondent to have intercourse
DV23 -> D126 : Age at first forced sexual activity
DV24 -> D127 : Person who forced respondent to first sexual activity
DV25 -> D124 : Anyone (besides partner) forced respondent to have intercourse
in last 12 months
DV27 -> D119Y : Respondent sought help from someone
DV28 -> in D119A:D119X : From whom has respondent sought help?
DV29 -> D128 : Ever told anyone about violence
DV30 -> D121 : Father of respondent ever beat her mother
DV31A -> D122A : Interrupted interview because of husband's presence
DV31B -> D122B : Interrupted interview because of other adult male's presence
DV31C -> D122C : Interrupted interview because of adult female's presence
AWSECWS -> RECWS : Women's Status

WS01A -> use V501 : Marital status
WS02 -> W100 : Time knew husband
WS03 -> W145 : Ever met and spoken to current husband before marriage
WS04 -> W101 : Who chose husband
WS05 -> W102 : Respondent's consent for marriage
WS06 -> W103A:W103Y : Marriage ceremony
WS07 -> W146 : Dowry/Bridewealth given (DOWRY/BRIDEWEALTH COUNTRIES ONLY)
WS07A -> W147 : Promised bridewealth paid (BRIDEWEALTH COUNTRY ONLY)
WS08A -> W148A : cash
WS08B -> W148B : fixed property
WS08C -> W148C : furniture
WS08D -> W148D : TV, etc.
WS08E -> W148E : car, etc.
WS08F -> W148F : livestock
WS08G -> W148X : Other
WS09A -> W104A : work
WS09B -> W104B : contraception
WS11A -> W105A : children's schooling
WS11B -> W105B : medical - child falls sick
WS11C -> W105C : discipline children
WS11D -> W105D : have another child
WS12 -> W107A:W107Y : Partner's relatives living with the respondent
WS13 -> W110 : Father's highest level of school
WS14 -> W112 : Mother's highest level of school
WS15 -> W114 : Member of birth family live with respondent
WS16 -> W116 : Member of birth family living close enough to visit in one day
WS17 -> W115 : How often do you meet/talk to a family member
WS18A -> W117A : Shelter
WS18B -> W117B : Economic support
WS19A -> W118A : Vegetables, fruits
WS19B -> W118B : Clothes to yourself
WS19C -> W118C : Medicine for yourself
WS19D -> W118D : Toiletries for yourself
WS20 -> W149, W121A : Hours of sleep each night
WS21 -> in W120 : Someone went to sleep hungry
WS22 -> in W120 : Days respondent went to sleep hungry
WS23 -> W121B:W121Y : Someone else went hungry
WS24A1 -> W122A : Land
WS24A2 -> W123A : Land
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WS24B1 -> W122B : The house

WS24B2 -> W123B : The house
WS24C1 -> W122C : Other house
WS24C2 -> W123C : Other house
WS24D1 -> W122D : Jewelry
WS24D2 -> W123D : Jewelry
WS24E1 -> W122E : Livestock
WS24E2 -> W123E : Livestock
WS25 -> W124 : Has money for her own use
WS26 -> W125A:W125Y : Owns a bank account
WS27 -> W126 : Operate her account
WS28 -> W127 : Knowledge of loan programs
WS29 -> W128 : Given a loan
WS30A -> W129A : family decision by men
WS30B -> W129B : husband should help
WS30C -> W129C : women should work
WS30D -> W129D : wife to express opinion
WS30E -> W129E : tolerate being beaten
WS30F -> W129F : better to school son
WS31A -> W130A : market
WS31B -> W130B : health center
WS31C -> W130D : friends
WS31D -> W130E : religious places
WS32 -> W131Y : Member of an association
WS33 -> W131A:W131Y : Kind of association
WS34 -> W132 : Votes
AWSECGC -> RECG1 : Female Genital Cutting

GC01 -> G100 : Ever heard of female circumcision
GC02 -> G101 : Ever heard of genital cutting (probed)
GC03 -> G102 : Respondent circumcised
GC04 -> G103 : Flesh removed from genital area
GC05 -> G104 : Genital area just nicked without removing any flesh
GC06 -> G105 : Genital area sewn closed
GC07 -> G106 : Age at circumcision
GC08 -> G107 : Who performed circumcision
GC10 -> GIDX-RECG2 : Birth history number of living daughters
GC11 -> G121-RECG2 : Daughter circumcised
GC12 -> G122-RECG2 : Daughter's age at circumcision
GC13 -> G123-RECG2 : Daughters genital area sewn closed
GC14 -> G124-RECG2 : Who performed daughter's circumcision
GC16 -> G118 : Circumcision is required by religion
GC17 -> G119 : Circumcision should continue or be stopped
INDIVIDUAL -> MAN : Individual mans questionnaire
AMSEC01 -> MREC01 : [Men] Respondent's Background

AM101H -> in MV801 : Start of interview (hour)
AM101M -> in MV801 : Start of interview (minutes)
AM102M -> MV009 : Month of birth
AM102Y -> MV010 : Year of birth
AM103 -> MV012 : Current age of respondent
AM104 -> in MV106 : Ever attended school
AM105 -> in MV106 : Highest educational level
AM106 -> MV107 : Highest grade at that level
AM108 -> MV155 : Sentence read
AM110 -> MV157 : Reads newspaper or magazine
AM111 -> MV158 : Listens to radio
AM112 -> MV159 : Watches TV
AM113 -> MV130 : Religion
AM114 -> MV131 : Ethnicity
AM115 -> MV167 : Numbers of trips away during last 12 months
AM116 -> MV168 : Away for more than one month
AM102C -> MV011 : Date of birth (CMC)
AM102F -> MV014 : Date flag for AM102C
AMSEC02 -> MREC22 : [Men] Reproduction
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AM201 -> not used : Ever fathered any children

AM202 -> not used : Sons or daughters living with
AM203A -> MV202 : Sons at home
AM203B -> MV203 : Daughters at home
AM204 -> not used : Sons or daughters living away
AM205A -> MV204 : Sons living elsewhere
AM205B -> MV205 : Daughters living elsewhere
AM206 -> not used : Sons or daughters who died
AM207A -> MV206 : Boys who died
AM207B -> MV207 : Girls who died
AM208 -> MV201 : Total children ever fathered
AM210 -> in MV245 : Children have same mother
AM211 -> in MV245 : Women respondent fathered children with
AM212 -> MV212 : Age at birth of first child
AM214 -> MV247 : Age of youngest
AM217 -> MV248 : Antenatal check-ups for the mother
AM218 -> MV249 : Present during check-ups
AM219 -> MV250 : Place of birth of youngest
AM220 -> MV252 : Drinking pattern during diarrhea
AMSEC3A -> MREC31 : [Men] Contraceptive Knowledge & Use

AWSEC31_GRP -> REC31_GROUP : Contraception listing
AM3N -> M304A : Contraceptive method
AM301 -> MV304 : Heard of method
AMSEC3B -> various records : [Men] Contraceptive Practice

AM302A -> MV384A : on the radio
AM302B -> MV384B : on the television
AM302C -> MV384C : in a newspaper or magazine
AM303 -> MV395 : Discussed family planning with a health worker or health
professional
AM304 -> in MV217 : Increased chance of woman getting pregnant on certain days
AM305 -> in MV217 : Days when increased chance of getting pregnant
AM306A -> MV3B25A : Contraception is woman's business, man should not worry
AM306B -> MV3B25B : Women use contraception may become promiscuous
AM308 -> MV762AZ : Dont know any source for condom
AM309 -> MV762AA:MV762AX : Source for condom
AM310 -> MV769 : Could get a condom
AM312 -> MV762BZ : Dont know any source for female condom
AM313 -> MV762BA:MV762BX : Source for female condom
AM314 -> MV769A : Could get a female condom
AMSEC04 -> MREC51 : [Men] Marriage and Sexual Activity

AM401 -> in MV501 : Currently in union
AM402 -> in MV501, MV535 : Have ever been married or lived with a woman
AM403 -> in MV501 : Current marital status
AM404 -> MV504 : Partner living with respondent
AM405 -> in MV505 : Other partners
AM406 -> in MV505, MV035 : Number of women
AMSEC41A_GRP -> MREC01_GROUP : Wife/partner listing
AM407 -> MV034 : Line number of wife, partner
AM408 -> MV034B : Age of wife/partner
AM410 -> MV503 : Times married
AM411M -> MV507 : Date of first union (month)
AM411Y -> MV508 : Date of first union (year)
AM412 -> MV511 : Age at first union
AM414 -> MV525 : Age at first intercourse
AM416U -> in MV527 : Time since last intercourse (unit)
AM416N -> in MV527 : Time since last intercourse (number)
AMSEC41B_GRP -> to single variables : Sexual activity
AM418(1) -> MV761 : Used condom during last intercourse
AM419(1) -> MV833A : Used condom every time with this person
AM420(1) -> MV767A : Relationship with last partner
AM423U(1) -> in MV852A : How long ago first had sex with most recent partner (unit)
AM423N(1) -> in MV852A : How long ago first had sex with most recent partner (number)
AM424(1) -> MV853A : Times in last 12 months had sex with most recent partner
AM425(1) -> MV834A : Age of most recent partner
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AM426(1) -> not used : Sexual intercourse with any other partner in last 12 months
AM417U(3) -> in MV832B : Time since last sex with 2nd to last partner (unit)
AM417N(3) -> in MV832B : Time since last sex with 2nd to last partner (number)
AM418(3) -> MV761B : Used condom during last intercourse with 2nd to last partner
AM419(3) -> MV833B : Used condom every time with 2nd to last partner
AM420(3) -> MV767B : Relationship with 2nd to last partner
AM423U(3) -> in MV852B : How long ago first had sex with 2nd to last partner (unit)
AM423N(3) -> in MV852B : How long ago first had sex with 2nd to last partner (number)
AM424(3) -> MV853B : Times in last 12 months had sex with 2nd to last partner
AM425(3) -> MV834B : Age of 2nd to last partner
AM417U(3) -> in MV832C : Time since last sex with 3rd to last partner (unit)
AM417N(3) -> in MV832C : Time since last sex with 3rd to last partner (number)
AM418(3) -> MV761C : Used condom during last intercourse with 3rd to last partner
AM419(3) -> MV833C : Used condom every time with 3rd to last partner
AM420(3) -> MV767C : Relationship with 3rd to last partner
AM423U(3) -> in MV852C : How long ago first had sex with 3rd to last partner (unit)
AM423N(3) -> in MV852C : How long ago first had sex with 3rd to last partner (number)
AM424(3) -> MV853C : Times in last 12 months had sex with 3rd to last partner
AM425(3) -> MV834C : Age of 3rd to last partner
AM427 -> MV766B : Total number of partners in the last 12 months
AM430 -> MV793 : In the last 12 months, paid for sex
AM431 -> MV791 : Have ever paid anyone in exchange for sex
AM432 -> MV793A : Used condom last paid for sex
AM433 -> MV793B : Condom used every time paid for sex
AM434 -> MV836 : Number of lifetime sexual partners
AM436 -> MV323A : Brand of condom used during last sex
AM437 -> MV3B17 : Place obtained condom last time
AM438 -> in MV312 : Used FP during last intercourse
AM439 -> MV307, in MV312 : Contraceptive method
AM411C -> MV509 : Date of first union (CMC)
AM411F -> MV510 : Date flag for AM411C
AM414F -> MV532 : Flag for AM414
AMSEC05 -> MREC61 : [Men] Fertility Preferences

AM503 -> MV213 : Wife/partner currently pregnant
AM504 -> in MV602 : Desire for future birth (partner currently pregnant)
AM505 -> in MV602 : Desire for future birth (partner not currently pregnant)
AM507U -> in MV603, MV616 : Time for future birth (unit)
AM507N -> in MV603, MV616 : Time for future birth (number)
AM508U -> in MV603, MV616 : Time to next birth (units)
AM508N -> in MV603, MV616 : Time to next birth (number)
AM509 -> MV613 : Ideal number of children
AM510A -> MV627 : Ideal number of boys
AM510B -> MV628 : Ideal number of girls
AM510C -> MV629 : Ideal number of either
AMSEC06 -> MREC71 : [Men] Employment and Gender Roles

AM601 -> in MV714 : Currently working
AM602 -> in MV714, MV714A : Has job from which was absent
AM603 -> MV731 : Worked last 12 months
AM604 -> MV716 : Occupation
AM605 -> MV732 : Works seasonally
AM606 -> MV741 : Paid in cash or kind
AM609 -> MV739 : Decision maker on using the money earned
AM610 -> MV743A : Decision on health care
AM611 -> MV743B : Decision on large HH purchases
AM612 -> MV745A : Ownership of house
AM613 -> MV745B : Ownership of land
AM614A -> MV744A : going out without telling him
AM614B -> MV744B : neglects children
AM614C -> MV744C : arguing
AM614D -> MV744D : refusing sex
AM614E -> MV744E : burning food
AMSEC07 -> MREC75 and MREC80 : [Men] HIV/AIDS
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AM701 -> in MV750, MV751 : Ever heard of AIDS

AM702 -> MV754DP : Reduce chance getting AIDS by having just one uninfected sex
partner who has no other sex partners
AM703 -> MV754JP : Can get AIDS from mosquito bites
AM704 -> MV754CP : Reduce chance of AIDS by using condom every time they have sex
AM705 -> MV754WP : Can get AIDS by sharing food with someone infected with AIDS
virus
AM706 -> MV823 : Can get AIDS by witchcraft or supernatural means
AM707 -> MV756 : Possible for healthy-looking person to have AIDS virus
AM708A -> MV774A : AIDS virus can be transmitted during: pregnancy
AM708B -> MV774B : AIDS virus can be transmitted during: delivery
AM708C -> MV774C : AIDS virus can be transmitted during: breastfeeding
AM710 -> MV824 : Special drugs to avoid AIDS transmission to baby
AM712 -> MV781 : Ever been tested for AIDS virus
AM713 -> MV826A : Months ago most recent HIV test
AM714 -> MV828 : Received results of test
AM715 -> MV829 : Place for HIV test
AM716 -> MV783 : Know a place to get tested for AIDS virus
AM717 -> MV784A:MV784X : Place to get tested for AIDS virus
AM718 -> MV825 : Would buy vegetables from vendor with AIDS
AM719 -> MV777 : AIDS in family kept secret
AM720 -> MV778 : Willing to care for relative with AIDS in household
AM721 -> MV779 : Female teacher with AIDS can continue teaching
AM722 -> MV780 : Children 12-14 taught about condom to avoid AIDS
AM723 -> MV785 : Heard about other STDs
AM726 -> MV763A : Had an STD in last 12 months
AM727 -> MV763C : Genital discharge in last 12 months
AM728 -> MV763B : Genital sore or ulcer in last 12 months
AM730 -> MV770 : Seek advice or treatment
AM731 -> in MV770A:MV770X : Place where sought advice or treatment for STD
AM732 -> MV822 : Justified to ask for use of condom when husband has STD
AM733 -> MV633B : husband has other partners
AMSEC08 -> MREC41 : [Men] Other Health Issues

AM801 -> MV483 : Respondent circumcised
AM802 -> MV483A : Age at circumcision
AM803 -> MV483B : Person who performed circumcision
AM804 -> MV483C : Place where circumcision was performed
AM805 -> MV477 : Number of injections in last 12 months
AM806 -> MV478 : Number of injections by health professional
ZM808 -> MV479 : Place got injection by health professional
AM807 -> MV480 : Syringe or needle from new package
AM808 -> MV463A, in MV463Z : Currently smokes cigarettes
AM809 -> MV464 : Number of cigarettes in last 24 hours
AM810 -> in MV463Z : Smokes or use any other kind of tobacco
AM811 -> MV463B:MV463X : Type of tobacco respondent currently smokes
AM812 -> MV481 : Health insurance
AM813 -> MV481A:MV481X : Type of health insurance
AM814H -> in MV802-MREC01 : End of interview (hour)
AM814M -> in MV802-MREC01 : End of interview (minutes)
AMSECGC -> MRECGC : [Men] Female Genital Cutting (male questionnaire)

GCM01 -> MG100 : Ever heard of female circumcision
GCM02 -> MG101 : Ever heard of genital cutting (probed)
GCM03 -> MG117A:MG117Y : Benefits for girls if they are circumcised
GCM04 -> MG118 : Circumcision is required by religion
GCM05 -> MG119 : Circumcision should continue or be stopped
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STAnDARD RECoDE MAnUAl

Demographic and Health

Demographic and Health Surveys

(With differences from DHS V)

March 22, 2013

Section and Variable Description Household ............................................................................................ 8

Section and Variable Description - Individual ............................................................................................ 30

Section and Variable Description Men .................................................................................................. 113

Rationale for Recoding

DHS VI individual recode 1 March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013 DHS VI Individual recode

DHS VI individual recode 3 March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013 DHS VI Individual recode

CMC = (YY * 12) + MM for month MM in year 19YY.

For Dates in 2000 and after the CMC is calculated as follows:

CMC = ((YYYY-1900) * 12) + MM for month MM in year YYYY.

YYYY = int((CMC - 1) / 12)+1900

DHS VI individual recode 5 March 22, 2013

March 22, 2013 DHS VI Individual recode

Sections and Occurrences

Section and Variable Descriptions

DHS VI individual recode 7 March 22, 2013

? Implies that the entry is country-specific

March 22, 2013 DHS VI Individual recode

HV006 Month of interview

DHS VI individual recode 9 March 22, 2013

HV016 Day of interview

HV017 Number of visits for the interview

HV018 Interviewer identification code. Codes are country-specific.

HV019 Data entry keyer code. Codes are country-specific.

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.

HV042 Household selected for hemoglobin measurements.

HV043 Household selected for womens status module.

HV044 Household selected for the domestic violence module.

DHS VI individual recode 11 March 22, 2013

HVIDX Line number of the household member.

HV101 Relationship to the head of the household

HV104 Sex of the household member

HV105 Age of the household member

HV111 Whether the mother of the household member is still alive.

HV113 Whether the father of the household member is still alive.

HV115 Marital status of the household member

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.

HV124 Education in single years during current school year.

DHS VI individual recode 13 March 22, 2013

HV129 School attendance status.

Very sick for 3 months or more last year

HV133 Mother/father dead or been very sick for 3+ months

HV134 Both parents alive

HV135 Has brothers/sisters under 18 of the same father and mother

HV137 Member has a blanket

HV140 Member has a birth certificate.

March 22, 2013 DHS VI Individual recode

Whether the household has: