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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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Reference ID
TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child delivered by caesarian section (C_DELCESR)

Data file: TZA2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1445
End: 1445
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 434)
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELCESR (M17) indicates whether the child was born by caesarian section. Question wording varied somewhat across samples. See Comparability.

concept

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