Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000

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Reference ID

NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Ever had test for breast cancer (B_BRCANEXAM)

Data file: NAM2000-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 929

End: 929

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

485) Has a doctor or nurse ever felt your breasts to check for lumps that might be breast cancer?

YES 1
NO 2
DOES NOT KNOW/NOT SURE 8

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

BRCANEXAM indicates whether the woman has ever had a test for breast cancer.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Cancer Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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