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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2008
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Reference ID
EGY_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Egypt], E-Zanaty and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Had pregnancies ending in miscarriage, abortion or stillbirth before calendar beginning (B_PRECALTERM)

Data file: EGY2008-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 363
End: 363
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
231. Did you have any (other) pregnancies before January 2003 that did not result in a live birth (pregnancy that ended in a still birth, miscarriage or abortion)?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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
PRECALTERM (V239) indicates whether the respondent had any pregnancies terminated through abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth prior to the survey's birth calendar.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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