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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Complications at delivery: High fever (last birth) (W_DELPROBFEV_01)

Data file: MDG1997-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 862
End: 862
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
414. When (NAME) was born, did you have any of the following problems:

A long labor, that is, regular contractions that lasted more than 12 hours?

YES 1
NO 2

So much blood loss that you thought your life was in danger?

YES 1
NO 2

A high fever accompanied by bad-smelling vaginal discharge?

YES 1
NO 2

Convulsions not caused by fever?

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Don't know
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, DELPROBFEV_01 (M32_1) indicates whether they experienced a high fever with bad smelling vaginal discharge (around the time of the last birth).

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