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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 1992
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NAM_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services [Namibia], Central Statistics Office [Namibia], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Excessive bleeding (last birth) (W_DELPROBLE_01)

Data file: NAM1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 706
End: 706
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
412B) Did you experience any complications during labor and/or delivery of (NAME)?
IF YES: What kind of problem(s) did you have?
RECORD ALL PROBLEMS LISTED.

LABOR MORE THAN 24 HOURS A
EXCESSIVE BLEEDING B
CONVULSIONS C
MALPRESENTATION D
MULTIPLE PREGNANCY E
HIGH FEVER F
OTHER (SPECIFY)____G
NONE H
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELPROBLE_01 (M31_1) indicates whether they experienced excessive bleeding (around the time of the last birth). The definition of "excessive" bleeding was "so much that you feared that it threatened your life."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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