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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
Producer(s)
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: Uterine prolapse (C_HYSTOPROLAPSE)

Data file: IND2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 443
End: 443
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
HYSTOPROLAPSE indicates whether the respondent had a hysterectomy due to uterine prolapse. Uterine prolapse occurs when pelvic muscles or ligaments become weak, and the uterus slips from its normal position into the vagina.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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