1) Percentage of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered with civil authorities and who had a birth certificate.
2) Percentage of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered with civil authorities and who did not have a birth certificate.
3) Percentage of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered with civil authorities.
Coverage:
Population base: De jure children under age 5 (PR file)
Time period: 5 years preceding the survey
Numerators:
1) Number of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered and who had a birth certificate (hv140 = 1)
2) Number of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered and who did not have a birth certificate (hv140 = 2)
3) Number of de jure children under age 5 whose births are registered (hv140 in 1:2)
Denominator: Number of de jure children under age 5 (hv102 = 1 & hv105 in 0:4)
Variables: PR file.
|
hv102 |
Usual resident |
|
hv105 |
Age of household members |
|
hv140 |
Member has a birth certificate |
|
hv005 |
Household sample weight |
Numerator divided by denominator, multiplied by 100.
Children with missing information on birth registration are excluded from the numerators but included in the denominator.
Stone, L.F., A. Olgiati, and S. Duryea, 2006. The Under-Registration of Births in Latin America. Inter-American Development Bank.
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 2.10
API Indicator IDs:
CP_BREG_C_CRT, CP_BREG_C_NCT, CP_BREG_C_REG
SDG indicator 16.9.1: Proportion of children under 5 years of age whose births have been registered with a civil authority, by age
WHO 100 Core Health Indicators: Birth registration
MICS6 Indicator PR.1: Birth registration