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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: Excessive bleeding (C_DELPROBLE)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1109
End: 1109
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414. Around the time of the birth of (NAME), did you have any of the following problems:

Long labor, 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 not caused by a fever?

LABOR 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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELPROBLE (M31) indicates whether the child's mother experienced excessive bleeding around the time of the child's birth. The definition of "excessive" bleeding was "so much that you feared that it threatened your life."

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