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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: Menstrual bleeding or pain (C_HYSTOPMENST)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 439
End: 439
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
HYSTOPMENST indicates whether the respondent had a hysterectomy due to "excessive menstrual bleeding and/or pain."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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