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[India] National Family Health Survey (NFHS-4) 2015-16 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2015 - 2016
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IND_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Reason for hysterectomy: Fibroids/cysts (C_HYSTOPCYST)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 440
End: 440
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
253. Why was this operation performed? Any other reason?

EXCESSIVE MENSTRUAL BLEEDING AND/OR PAIN A
FIBROID/CYSTS B
UTERINE DISORDER (RUPTURE) C
CANCER D
UTERINE PROLAPSE E
SEVERE POST-PARTUM HAEMORRHAGE F
OTHER (SPECIFY)________X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
HYSTOPCYST indicates whether the respondent had a hysterectomy due to fibroids/cysts. Fibroids are (nearly always non-cancerous) uterine tumors. Women with fibroids may experience no or mild symptoms, or may experience serious symptoms such as heavy bleeding and pain.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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