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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999
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IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Ever had pregnancy terminate via abortion, miscarriage or stillbirth (C_PREGTERMIN)

Data file: IND1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 336
End: 336
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
220. Between (NAME OF PREVIOUS BIRTH) and (NAME OF THIS BIRTH) did you have any stillbirth, spontaneous abortion, or induced abortion?
FOR FIRST CHILD ASK: Before (NAME), did you have any stillbirth, spontaneous abotion, or induce abortion?

IF NONE, RECORD '0'. FOR SECOND TWIN, RECORD '0' IN EACH BOX WITHOUT ASKING.

NUMBER OF STILLBIRTHS ____
NUMBER OF SPON.ABORTIONS ____
NUMBER OF INDUCED ABORTIONS ____
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
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
PREGTERMIN (V228) indicates whether the woman ever had a pregnancy that was terminated due to miscarriage, abortion, or stillbirth, and did not result in a live birth.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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