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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
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AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Delivery by caesarian section (last birth) (W_DELCESR_01)

Data file: AFG2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1142
End: 1142
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435. Was (NAME) delivered by caesarean, that is, did they cut your belly open to take the baby out?

YES 1
NO 2
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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELCESR_01 (M17_1) indicates whether the child was born by caesarian section (for the last birth). Question wording varied somewhat across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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