Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Type of delivery where fistula occurred (W_FSDELIVERTYP)

Data file: KEN2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1194

End: 1195

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1021. Did this problem occur after an uncomplicated delivery, after a difficult delivery where the child was born alive, or after a difficult delivery where the child was born still?

UNCOMP. DELIVERY 1
DIFF DELIVERY, LIVEBORN 2
DIFF DELIVERY, STILLBORN 3

Categories

Value	Category
10	During normal labor/delivery
20	During difficult delivery
21	During difficult delivery, live birth
22	During difficult delivery, stillborn
30	During pelvic surgery
98	Missing
99	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

FSDELIVERTYP reports the characteristics (normal versus difficult delivery, live birth versus stillbirth outcome) of the delivery causing the female respondent's obstetric fistula. Question wording and response categories vary across surveys. See Comparability.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fistula, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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