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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Ever had fistula (W_FSEVHAD)

Data file: NGA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1254
End: 1254
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1101. Sometimes a woman can have a problem such that she experiences a constant leakage of urine or stool from her vagina during the day and night. This problem usually occurs after a difficult childbirth, but may also occur after a sexual assault or after a pelvic surgery. This is called vesicovaginal fistula (VVF). Have you ever experienced a constant leakage of urine or stool from your vagina during the day and night?

YES 1 (GO TO 1103)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
7 Don't know
1 Yes
0 No
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
FSEVHAD indicates whether the woman ever had fistula. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fistula, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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