Samoa Demographic and Health Survey 2009

Samoa, 2009

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Reference ID

WSM-SBS-DHS-2009-v1

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Samoa Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Health

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Time since last period (computed, months) (V226)

Data file: SamDHS09rcdWN

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 228

End: 230

Width: 3

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
994	In menopause
995	Before last birth
996	Never menstruated
997	Inconsistent
998	Don't know

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

Computed time since the last menstrual period. This is computed from the response forV215, 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.

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