Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018

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Reference ID

PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Timing for caesarean section decision (C_DELCESRDEC)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1390

End: 1390

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

433) When was the decision made to have the caesarean section? Was it before or after your labor pains started?

BEFORE 1
AFTER 2

Categories

Value	Category
7	Don't know
8	Missing
1	Before labor started
9	NIU (not in universe)
2	After labor started

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 five years preceding the survey and who were delivered by caesarean section, DELCESRDEC (M17A) indicates whether the decision to deliver by caesarean section was made before or after labor began.

concept

Concept

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

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