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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Instrument used to cut umbilical cord: Other (last birth) (W_DELUMBCUTOTH_01)

Data file: NPL2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1419
End: 1419
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
448B. When (NAME) was born, what instrument was used to cut the umbilical cord?

NEW/BOILED BLADE A
USED BLADE B
KNIFE C
HASIYA D
KHUKURI E
SCISSORS F
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
DELUMBCUTOTH_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported some other instrument was used to cut the umbilical cord (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Newborn care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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