DATA QUALITY TABLES

Table C.1 Household age distribution

Single-year age distribution of the de facto household population by sex (weighted), Model DHS 6 data
Women Men Women Men
Age Number Percent Number Percent Age Number Percent Number Percent

0 601 3.2 644 3.7 36 169 0.9 132 0.8

1 536 2.8 497 2.8 37 125 0.7 155 0.9
2 581 3.1 555 3.1 38 283 1.5 209 1.2
3 628 3.3 666 3.8 39 140 0.7 80 0.5
4 677 3.6 585 3.3 40 312 1.6 365 2.1
5 610 3.2 646 3.7 41 71 0.4 81 0.5
6 565 3.0 628 3.6 42 122 0.6 155 0.9
7 603 3.2 676 3.8 43 94 0.5 106 0.6
8 644 3.4 582 3.3 44 60 0.3 53 0.3
9 475 2.5 529 3.0 45 253 1.3 334 1.9
10 649 3.4 641 3.6 46 88 0.5 67 0.4
11 311 1.6 379 2.1 47 88 0.5 72 0.4
12 527 2.8 568 3.2 48 167 0.9 103 0.6
13 443 2.3 469 2.7 49 105 0.6 90 0.5
14 309 1.6 360 2.0 50 175 0.9 214 1.2
15 522 2.8 455 2.6 51 84 0.4 38 0.2
16 322 1.7 293 1.7 52 186 1.0 100 0.6
17 357 1.9 307 1.7 53 74 0.4 45 0.3
18 470 2.5 356 2.0 54 96 0.5 62 0.4
19 349 1.8 268 1.5 55 165 0.9 135 0.8
20 457 2.4 398 2.3 56 76 0.4 61 0.3
21 220 1.2 191 1.1 57 39 0.2 33 0.2
22 316 1.7 252 1.4 58 87 0.5 73 0.4
23 277 1.5 211 1.2 59 38 0.2 36 0.2
24 223 1.2 177 1.0 60 199 1.0 163 0.9
25 458 2.4 342 1.9 61 26 0.1 52 0.3
26 245 1.3 185 1.0 62 77 0.4 102 0.6
27 283 1.5 170 1.0 63 49 0.3 63 0.4
28 343 1.8 233 1.3 64 35 0.2 50 0.3
29 159 0.8 150 0.8 65 142 0.7 122 0.7
30 479 2.5 334 1.9 66 17 0.1 11 0.1
31 127 0.7 110 0.6 67 47 0.2 44 0.2
32 239 1.3 191 1.1 68 55 0.3 43 0.2
33 159 0.8 117 0.7 69 24 0.1 23 0.1
34 135 0.7 106 0.6 70+ 457 2.4 468 2.7
35 435 2.3 428 2.4 Don't know/
missing 11 0.1 3 0.0
Total 18,970 100.0 17,640 100.0

Note: The de facto population includes all residents and nonresidents who stayed in the household the night before the interview.
Table C.2.1 Age distribution of eligible and interviewed women

De facto household population of women age 10-54, interviewed women age 15-49; and percent
distribution and percentage of eligible women who were interviewed (weighted), by five-year age
groups, Model DHS 6 data
Household Interviewed women age 15-49 Percentage of
population of eligible women
Age group women age 10-54 Number Percentage interviewed

10-14 2,239 na na na
15-19 2,020 1,952 23.4 96.6
20-24 1,494 1,452 17.4 97.2
25-29 1,489 1,425 17.0 95.7
30-34 1,139 1,096 13.1 96.2
35-39 1,153 1,120 13.4 97.2
40-44 659 626 7.5 95.1
45-49 702 686 8.2 97.8
50-54 616 na na na
15-49 8,655 8,359 100.0 96.6

Note: The de facto population includes all residents and nonresidents who stayed in the household
the night before the interview. Weights for both household population of women and interviewed
women are household weights. Age is based on the household questionnaire.
na = Not applicable
Table C.2.2 Age distribution of eligible and interviewed men

De facto household population of men age 10-64, interviewed men age 15-59 and percent of eligible
men who were interviewed (weighted), by five-year age groups, Model DHS 6 data
Household Interviewed men age 15-59 Percentage of
population of men eligible men
Age group age 10-64 Number Percentage interviewed

10-14 1,245 na na na
15-19 749 730 20.2 97.5
20-24 520 496 13.7 95.3
25-29 506 485 13.4 95.8
30-34 409 394 10.9 96.3
35-39 516 504 13.9 97.5
40-44 370 353 9.8 95.6
45-49 323 310 8.6 95.9
50-54 204 197 5.5 96.7
55-59 148 143 4.0 96.8
60-64 224 na na na
15-59 3,746 3,613 100.0 96.4

Note: The de facto population includes all residents and nonresidents who stayed in the household
the night before the interview. Weights for both household population of men and interviewed men are
household weights. Age is based on the household questionnaire.
na = Not applicable
Table C.3 Completeness of reporting

Percentage of observations missing information for selected demographic and health questions (weighted), Model DHS 6 data
Percentage with
Subject information missing Number of cases

Month Only (Births in the 15 years preceding the survey) 1.11 16,522
Month and Year (Births in the 15 years preceding the survey) 0.16 16,522
Age at Death (Deceased children born in the 15 years preceding the survey) 0.06 2,897
Age/date at first union1 (Ever married women age 15-49) 1.62 5,763
Age/date at first union (Ever married men age 15-59) 1.08 2,120
Respondent's education (All women age 15-49) 0.13 8,348
Respondent's education (All men age 15-59) 0.17 3,621
Diarrhea in last 2 weeks (Living children 0-59 months) 3.90 5,228
Height (Living children age 0-59 months from the Household Questionnaire) 7.13 3,075
Weight (Living children age 0-59 months from the Household Questionnaire) 6.27 3,075
Height or weight (Living children age 0-59 months from the Household Questionnaire) 7.28 3,075
Height (Women age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 4.34 4,228
Weight (Women age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 4.01 4,228
Height or weight (Women age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 4.39 4,228
Height (Men age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 7.69 3,499
Weight (Men age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 7.43 3,499
Height or weight (Men age 15-49 from the household questionnaire) 7.79 3,499
Anemia (Living children age 6-59 months from the Household Questionnaire) 7.48 2,777
Anemia (All women from the Household Questionnaire) 5.69 4,228
Anemia (All men from the Household Questionnaire) 10.01 3,846

1
Both year and age missing
Table C.4 Births by calendar years

Number of births, percentage with complete birth date, sex ratio at birth, and calendar year ratio by calendar year, according to living (L), dead (D), and total (T) children
(weighted), Model DHS 6 data
Percentage with complete birth
Number of births date1 Sex ratio at birth2 Calendar year ratio3
Calendar year Living Dead Total Living Dead Total Living Dead Total Living Dead Total

2015 990 116 1,106 99.9 100.0 99.9 87.8 91.4 88.2 na na na
2014 1,094 145 1,239 99.9 100.0 100.0 107.9 131.2 110.3 na na na
2013 994 175 1,170 100.0 100.0 100.0 97.2 88.5 95.9 94.6 115.5 97.3
2012 1,007 159 1,166 99.9 99.7 99.9 108.8 142.7 112.9 96.5 65.4 90.6
2011 1,093 310 1,403 98.7 97.5 98.5 106.0 142.6 113.1 112.5 145.8 118.5
2010 935 267 1,202 98.2 96.9 97.9 113.3 121.7 115.1 88.3 97.0 90.1
2009 1,025 239 1,264 98.9 93.4 97.9 93.2 99.6 94.4 119.1 96.8 114.1
2008 786 228 1,014 98.5 95.5 97.8 102.5 110.2 104.2 76.9 97.4 80.7
2007 1,020 229 1,249 97.7 97.0 97.6 105.9 111.8 106.9 146.5 107.6 137.4
2006 606 198 804 98.9 96.8 98.4 108.4 127.9 112.9 68.3 103.9 74.6

2011-2015 5,179 905 6,084 99.7 99.1 99.6 101.5 121.0 104.1 na na na
2006-2010 4,372 1,161 5,533 98.4 95.9 97.9 104.0 113.6 105.9 na na na
2001-2005 3,249 972 4,221 98.0 95.4 97.4 105.2 108.2 105.9 na na na
1996-2000 2,114 691 2,806 97.4 94.6 96.7 110.1 129.4 114.6 na na na
<1996 1,679 729 2,408 97.3 94.6 96.5 111.8 120.6 114.4 na na na
All 16,594 4,459 21,052 98.5 96.0 98.0 104.9 117.3 107.4 na na na

na = not applicable
1
Both year and month of birth given
2
(Bm/Bf)x100, where Bm and Bf are the numbers of male and female births, respectively
3
[2Bx/(Bx-1+Bx+1)]x100, where Bx is the number of births in calendar year x
Table C.5 Reporting of age at death in days

Distribution of reported deaths under one month of age by age at death in days
and the percentage of neonatal deaths reported to occur at ages 0-6 days, for
five-year periods of birth preceding the survey (weighted), Model DHS 6 data
Number of years preceding the survey Total
Age at death (days) 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 0-19

<1 48 55 29 17 148
1 56 73 56 30 214
2 22 33 31 19 105
3 26 23 12 24 85
4 9 17 9 7 41
5 9 11 11 11 41
6 6 12 9 10 37
7 16 15 16 10 57
8 0 3 5 4 12
9 5 6 0 3 13
10 4 7 2 1 14
11 0 0 0 0 0
12 0 1 1 1 3
13 1 0 2 0 3
14 7 11 7 12 37
15 0 4 1 0 5
16 0 0 0 1 1
17 3 0 0 1 4
18 3 0 1 0 4
19 0 0 1 0 1
20 1 0 0 0 2
21 4 2 3 2 11
24 0 0 4 0 4
25 1 1 1 0 3
29 0 0 0 0 0
30 2 4 1 0 7
Total 0-30 days 224 276 200 153 854

Percentage early neonatal1 78.7 80.8 77.9 76.5 78.8

1
≤ 6 days / ≤ 30 days
Table C.6 Reporting of age at death in months

Distribution of reported deaths under two years of age by age at death in

months and the percentage of infant deaths reported to occur at age under
one month, for five-year periods of birth preceding the survey, Model DHS 6
data
Number of years preceding the survey
Age at death Total
(months) 0-4 5-9 10-14 15-19 0-19

<1a 224 276 200 153 854

1 19 46 43 40 149
2 35 59 44 39 177
3 33 75 60 35 203
4 24 27 47 38 137
5 23 33 28 18 103
6 33 49 64 45 191
7 15 24 38 31 108
8 20 48 38 27 133
9 29 68 43 30 169
10 8 18 22 11 59
11 13 15 13 15 56
12 22 40 39 19 120
13 5 18 11 8 43
14 5 6 12 3 27
15 4 9 10 3 27
16 2 7 5 2 17
17 2 3 2 0 6
18 7 18 11 15 52
19 2 5 1 7 14
20 2 4 2 2 9
21 1 2 0 0 2
22 0 0 0 1 1
23 0 0 1 0 1
24+ 0 2 1 2 5
Missing 0 0 1 0 1
1 Year 46 95 65 39 244
Total 0-11 477 738 640 483 2,338

Percentage neonatal1 47.0 37.4 31.3 31.7 36.5

a
Includes deaths under one month reported in days
1
Under one month / under one year
Table C.7 Nutritional status of children based on the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population

Percentage of children under five years classified as malnourished according to three anthropometric indices of nutritional status: height-for-age, weight-for-height, and weight-for-
age, by background characteristics, based on the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population, Model DHS 6 data
Height-for-age1 Weight-for-height Weight-for-age
Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent- Percent-
Background age below age below Mean Z- age below age below age above Mean Z- age below age below age above Mean Z- Number of
characteristic -3 SD -2 SD2 score (SD) -3 SD -2 SD2 +2 SD score (SD) -3 SD -2 SD2 +2 SD score (SD) children

Age in months
<6 3.1 10.3 (0.4) 5.3 8.8 14.8 0.4 5.9 9.7 13.0 0.2 194
6-8 4.6 16.2 (0.8) 4.6 9.6 8.4 (0.3) 2.9 11.9 4.2 (0.7) 135
9-11 7.9 21.7 (1.2) 4.8 10.9 6.3 (0.9) 7.5 32.7 4.5 (1.5) 123
12-17 14.4 32.2 (1.3) 2.6 13.3 5.8 (0.6) 11.6 29.0 2.8 (1.4) 265
18-23 15.6 45.6 (1.7) 3.2 16.3 8.3 (0.5) 6.8 24.1 4.5 (1.3) 186
24-35 16.1 33.6 (1.3) 2.5 6.8 2.9 (0.5) 5.4 22.1 2.9 (1.1) 480
36-47 12.9 35.6 (1.5) 3.2 8.5 2.2 (0.4) 5.5 21.4 1.6 (1.2) 614
48-59 11.9 26.7 (1.4) 1.9 5.9 4.9 (0.3) 3.0 14.6 1.7 (1.0) 562
Sex
Male 12.6 29.9 (1.4) 3.7 10.0 4.1 (0.5) 6.9 21.5 3.3 (1.2) 1,267
Female 11.9 30.2 (1.2) 2.4 7.8 6.3 (0.2) 4.4 18.9 3.3 (0.9) 1,293
Birth interval in months3
First birth4 11.9 27.2 (1.1) 1.9 8.0 6.1 (0.1) 4.3 18.9 4.6 (0.8) 422
<24 16.8 43.4 (1.5) 3.1 10.3 8.0 (0.3) 6.2 24.3 2.4 (1.1) 229
24-47 12.2 31.6 (1.2) 3.9 10.2 5.2 (0.2) 6.4 21.6 3.9 (0.9) 876
48+ 10.1 26.3 (1.0) 2.3 8.1 5.3 (0.2) 4.8 18.3 3.3 (0.8) 505
Size at birth3
Very small 22.1 40.8 (1.5) 2.8 12.6 3.7 (0.4) 13.2 29.3 3.7 (1.3) 96
Small 12.7 34.4 (1.2) 3.0 9.1 7.2 (0.4) 6.3 23.0 2.1 (1.1) 238
Average or larger 11.4 29.7 (1.1) 2.9 9.0 5.7 (0.1) 5.0 19.6 4.0 (0.8) 1,663
Missing (12.6) (26.5) 0.9 (8.8) (9.6) (2.2) 0.5 (5.1) (25.4) (3.6) 1.0 36
Mother's interview status
Interviewed 12.1 30.7 (1.1) 3.0 9.2 5.7 (0.2) 5.5 20.5 3.7 (0.9) 2,032
Not interviewed but in
household 10.8 17.8 (3.8) 1.7 6.7 4.4 (3.1) 1.0 11.5 2.2 (3.7) 81
Not interviewed and not in the
household5 13.0 29.3 (1.6) 3.4 7.7 3.0 (0.7) 7.0 20.1 1.7 (1.3) 447
Mother's nutritional status6
Thin (BMI<18.5) 13.8 30.4 (1.4) 1.6 9.4 4.7 (0.5) 6.9 24.1 1.3 (1.2) 131
Normal (BMI 18.5-24.9) 12.6 32.1 (1.1) 2.3 8.1 5.6 (0.2) 5.3 20.7 4.3 (0.9) 1,354
Overweight/ obese
(BMI ≥ 25) 10.4 28.9 (1.2) 4.3 9.5 7.9 (0.1) 4.3 15.5 3.0 (0.8) 292
Residence
Urban 7.5 24.3 (1.2) 2.9 10.1 4.2 (0.6) 5.1 15.5 2.6 (1.1) 799
Rural 14.4 32.6 (1.3) 3.1 8.3 5.7 (0.3) 5.9 22.3 3.7 (1.0) 1,761
Region
Region 1 11.0 28.3 (1.1) 4.1 9.8 4.4 (0.3) 7.0 22.1 4.2 (1.0) 1,090
Region 2 15.4 33.5 (1.3) 2.5 8.4 6.4 (0.1) 5.9 21.9 3.1 (0.9) 549
Region 3 8.1 23.9 (1.4) 2.4 9.0 4.8 (0.8) 4.4 13.0 4.4 (1.3) 384
Region 4 14.3 34.4 (1.6) 1.8 7.4 6.0 (0.4) 3.5 19.7 1.1 (1.2) 536
Mother's education7
No education 14.0 32.3 (1.4) 2.8 8.4 5.6 (0.3) 5.7 20.9 3.8 (1.0) 1,467
Primary 8.1 27.7 (1.2) 2.2 10.2 4.0 (0.5) 5.4 21.3 2.3 (1.1) 277
Secondary or higher 7.0 23.9 (0.9) 4.0 11.3 7.4 (0.2) 4.1 16.7 4.3 (0.8) 370
Wealth quintile
Lowest 16.2 34.4 (1.3) 4.1 7.0 6.8 (0.2) 7.0 22.8 5.0 (0.9) 572
Second 12.3 30.6 (1.3) 3.5 9.6 5.7 (0.3) 5.6 22.2 2.9 (1.1) 609
Middle 13.9 31.7 (1.4) 2.0 10.6 3.8 (0.5) 7.2 23.2 3.6 (1.2) 586
Fourth 9.1 25.6 (1.2) 2.4 8.4 4.5 (0.4) 3.5 15.5 1.3 (1.0) 492
Highest 6.3 24.5 (1.1) 3.0 8.5 5.3 (0.5) 3.8 12.9 3.9 (1.0) 301
Total 12.2 30.0 (1.3) 3.0 8.9 5.2 (0.4) 5.6 20.2 3.3 (1.0) 2,560

Note: Table is based on children who slept in the household the night before the interview. Each of the indices is expressed in standard deviation units (SD) from the median of the
NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population. Table is based on children with valid dates of birth (month and year) and valid measurement of both height and weight
1
Recumbent length is measured for children under age 2, or in the few cases when the age of the child ids unknown and the child is less than 85cm; standing height is measured
for all other children.
2
Includes children who are below -3 standard deviations (SD) from the International Reference Population median
3
Excludes children whose mothers were not interviewed
4
First born twins (triplets, etc.) are counted as first births because they do not have a previous birth interval
5
Includes children whose mothers are deceased
6
Excludes children whose mothers were not interviewed, children whose mothers were not weighed and measured, and children whose mothers are pregnant or gave birth within
the preceding 2 months. Mother's nutritional status in terms of BMI (Body Mass Index) is presented in Table 11.10.1
7
For women who are not interviewed, information is taken from the Household Questionnaire. Excludes children whose mothers are not listed in the Household Questionnaire.
C.8 Completeness of Information on Siblings

Completeness of data on survival status of sisters and brothers reported by interviewed women, age of living siblings and
age at death (AD) and years since death (YSD) of dead siblings (unweighted), Model DHS 6 data

Sisters Brothers All siblings

Number Percent Number Percent Number Percent

All siblings 17,243 100.0 17,237 100.0 34,480 100.0

..Living 14,539 84.3 14,588 84.6 29,127 84.5
..Dead 2,682 15.6 2,631 15.3 5,313 15.4
..Survival status unknown 22 0.1 18 0.1 40 0.1
Living siblings 14,539 100.0 14,588 100.0 29,127 100.0
..Age reported 14,438 99.3 14,522 99.5 28,960 99.4
..Age missing 101 0.7 66 0.5 167 0.6
Dead siblings 2,682 100.0 2,631 100.0 5,313 100.0
..AD and YSD reported 2,591 96.6 2,527 96.0 5,118 96.3
..Missing only AD 60 2.2 63 2.4 123 2.3
..Missing only YSD 9 0.3 13 0.5 22 0.4
..Missing AD and YSD 22 0.8 28 1.1 50 0.9
C.9 Sibship size and sex ratio of siblings

Mean sibship size and sex ratio of siblings at birth, Model DHS 6 data

Sex ratio of
Mean sibship siblings at
Age of respondents size1 birth2

15-19 5.0 106.9

20-24 5.0 104.3
25-29 5.2 103.4
30-34 5.4 106.0
35-39 5.1 95.8
40-44 5.1 94.8
45-49 5.1 93.4

Total 5.1 102.1

1
Includes the respondent
2
Excludes the respondent