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Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1995
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UGA_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Prolonged labor (last birth) (W_DELPRLONG_01)

Data file: UGA1995-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 950
End: 950
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414) At the time of the birth of (NAME), did you have any of the following problems:

Long labour, that is, did the strong and regular contractions last more than 12 hours?

YES 1
NO 2

Excessive bleeding that so much that you feared it was life threatening?

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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELPRLONG_01 (M30_1) indicates whether they experienced prolonged labor, such as regular contractions lasting more than 12 hours (for the last birth).

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