Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Metadata

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Jan 16, 2021

Last modified

Jan 16, 2021

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Timing for caesarean section decision (last birth) (W_DELCESRDEC_01)

Data file: ZAF2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1242

End: 1242

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
1	Before labor started
9	NIU (not in universe)
2	After labor started
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 five years preceding the survey and who delivered by caesarean section, DELCESRDEC_01 (M17A_1) indicates whether the decision to deliver by caesarean section was made before or after labor began (for the last birth).

concept

Concept

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

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