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Demographic and Health Survey 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1994
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ZWE_1994_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Prolonged labor (C_DELPRLONG)

Data file: ZWE1994-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1109
End: 1109
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414) At the time of the birth of (NAME), did you have:

Long labor, that is, did your regular contractions last more than 12 hours?

YES 1
NO 2

Excessive bleeding that was so much that you felt that it threatened your life?

YES 1
NO 2

A high fever with bad smelling vaginal discharge?

YES 1
NO 2

Convulsions not caused by fever?

YES 1
NO 2

Any other complications? IF YES: What kind of complication?

YES (SPECIFY) __________ 1
NO 2
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
For children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELPRLONG (M30) indicates whether the child's mother experienced prolonged labor, such as regular contractions lasting more than 12 hours.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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