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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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How fistula is contracted: God's will (W_FSHOWGOD)

Data file: NER2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1048
End: 1048
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
929B. In your opinion how is this illness contracted?

WITCHCRAFT OR MYSTICAL CHARMS A
EVIL SPELLS, FATE B
TOO THIN TO SUPPORT A PREGNANCY C
TOO MANY SUCCESSIVE BIRTHS D
FREQUENT ILLNESS DURING THE PREGNANCY E
BIRTH OF A LARGE BABY F
BIRTH AT HOME WITHOUT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE G
WILL OF GOD H
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
FSHOWGOD indicates whether the woman reported "God's will" in response to an open-ended question about how fistula is contracted.

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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