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Demographic and Health Survey 2012 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2012
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NER_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique (INS), Ministère des Finances [Niger] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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How fistula is contracted: God's will (C_FSHOWGOD)

Data file: NER2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1057
End: 1057
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1108) In your opinion, how does one get this illness?
PROBE: Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED

A WITCHCRAFT OR MYSTICAL ENCHANTMENT
B BAD DESTINY/FATALIST
C TOO YOUNG TO GIVE BIRTH
D TOO OLD TO GIVE BIRTH
E TOO THIN FOR PREGNANCY
F TOO MANY SUCCESSIVE DELIVERIES
G FREQUENT ILLNESS DURING PREGNANCY
H DELIVERY OF LARGE BABY
I HOME DELIVERY WITHOUT MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
J LONG LABOR
K UP TO GOD
X OTHERS (SPECIFY)
Y DON'T KNOW
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
FSHOWGOD indicates whether the woman reported "God's will" in response to an open-ended question about how fistula is contracted.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about fistula Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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