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Birth Intervals [message #515]

Wed, 05 June 2013 10:25

estammer
Messages: 9
Registered: March 2013

Member

Hi,

I am trying to break down the birth interval indicator for an indicator reference sheet and have a question about how it is calculated. I see in the "Guide to DHS statistics" that intervals between both surviving and deceased children are used, but I wanted to get an idea of how "deceased child" is defined. Does this include intrapartum deaths in addition to neonatal deaths? Thanks for your help with this!

Emily

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Re: Birth Intervals [message #583 is a reply to message #515]

Tue, 25 June 2013 16:31

Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013

Senior Member

Here is an answer from one of our experts, Dr. Shea Rutstein:

Dear Emily,

The standard DHS questionnaire includes a live birth history and therefore the interbirth intervals are between live births. One or both of the children may not be surviving at the time of the survey. They are the dead children. A reproductive calendar is now present in most DHS surveys that gives births, pregnancies and contraceptive use in the five calendar years before the survey. As this calendar also notes pregnancies not ending in a live birth, an interpregnancy interval can be calculated from the termination of one pregnancy (in a live birth, miscarriage, stillbirth or induced abortion) to the conception of the next pregnancy. The interpregnancy interval call also be calculated for full pregnancy histories present in some DHS surveys.

Sincerely,
Shea Rutstein

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Re: Birth Intervals [message #585 is a reply to message #583]

Wed, 26 June 2013 09:52

estammer
Messages: 9
Registered: March 2013

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Very helpful! Thanks so much!

-Emily

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Re: Birth Intervals [message #11300 is a reply to message #585]

Wed, 30 November 2016 22:19

mnisha
Messages: 5
Registered: January 2016
Location: Sydney, Australia

Member

Hi,
I am working on BDHS 2014 data and trying to calculate inter-pregnancy interval for stillbirths. Could you please help me to find the right way to calculate that variable?

Regards,
Nisha

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