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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Prolonged labor (last birth) (W_DELPRLONG_01)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 945
End: 945
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414) At the time of (NAME)'s birth did you have any of the following problems:

A long labor, in other words regular contractions lasting more than 12 hours?
Enough bleeding that you thought that your life was in danger?
A high fever accompanied with bad smelling vaginal discharge?
Convulsions not caused by fever?

LONG LABOR

YES 1
NO 2

A LOT OF BLEEDING

YES 1
NO 2

HIGH FEVER WITH VAGINAL 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, DELPRLONG_01 (M30_1) indicates whether they experienced prolonged labor, such as regular contractions lasting more than 12 hours (for the last birth).

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