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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Cause of fistula: Too big child at birth (B_FSCAUSLGBABY)

Data file: NER2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1033
End: 1033
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
926A. What, in your opinion, are the causes of this illness?
RECORD SPONTANEOUS RESPONSES OF THE RESPONDENT.

WITCHCRAFT OR MYSTICAL CHARMS A
EVIL SPELLS, FATE B
TOO YOUNG TO GIVE BIRTH C
TOO OLD TO GIVE BIRTH D
TOO THIN TO SUPPORT A PREGNANCY E
TOO MANY SUCCESSIVE BIRTHS F
FREQUENT ILLNESS DURING THE PREGNANCY G
BIRTH OF A LARGE BABY H
BIRTH AT HOME AND WITHOUT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE I
WILL OF GOD J
OTHERS (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
FSCAUSLGBABY indicates whether the woman reported birth of large baby to be a cause of fistula, in response to an open-ended question about the causes of fistula.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about fistula Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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