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Nepal Family Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 1996
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NPL_1996_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Nepal], New ERA, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Convulsions (last birth) (W_DELPROCON_01)

Data file: NPL1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 840
End: 840
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
415. Around the time of the birth of (NAME), did you have any of the following problems:
Long labour, that is, did your regular contractions last more than 12 hours?
Excessive bleeding that was so much that you feared it was life threatening?
A high fever with bad smelling vaginal discharge?
Convulsions?

LABOUR MORE THAN 12 HOURS

YES 1
NO 2

EXCESSIVE BLEEDING

YES 1
NO 2

FEVER/BAD SMELLING VAG. DISCHARGE

YES 1
NO 2

CONVULSIONS

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, DELPROCON_01 (M33_1) indicates whether they experienced "convulsions not caused by fever" (for the last birth).

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