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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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Prevent fistula by: Avoid marriage before age 18 (C_FSSTOPMAR)

Data file: NER2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1076
End: 1076
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
935. In your opinion, can fistulas be prevented by adopting the following behaviors?

Avoid early marriages of adolescents less than 18 years

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

Encourage schooling for the young girl

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

Avoid early pregnancies

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

Avoid too many pregnancies

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

Avoid having pregnancies too close together

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't Know
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
FSSTOPMAR indicates whether the woman agreed with a yes/no question about whether fistula during pregnancy could be prevented by avoiding early marriages of adolescents under age 18.

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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