Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009

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Reference ID

LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Jan 16, 2021

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Examined own breasts to check for breast cancer (W_BRCANSELF)

Data file: LSO2009-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2748

End: 2748

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1012J Have you performed a breast self exam to detect lumps within the last 12 months?

YES 1
NO 2

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

BRCANSELF indicates whether the woman has ever examined her breasts to detect or check for breast cancer.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Cancer Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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