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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2005
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ETH_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Authority [Ethiopia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Heard of fistula (W_FSHEARD)

Data file: ETH2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 997
End: 997
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1021. Have you ever heard of obstetric fistula (USE LOCAL TERM)?
IF NO PROBE: Have you ever heard of a condition in which a woman continuously leaks urine and /or faeces following childbirth?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1101)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
8 Missing
1 Yes
0 No
7 Don't know
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
FSHEARD indicates whether the woman had heard of fistula. Question wording varies across samples. See Comparability.

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

concept

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