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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Constantly soils self (C_FSSOILCONST)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 875
End: 875
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
238 Do you have any of the following problems:
Wet yourself when you cough, sneeze or lift heavy weights?
Are you constantly wet?
Are you constantly soiled?

WET WHEN COUGH/SNEEZE

YES 1
NO 2

CONSTANTLY WET

YES 1
NO 2

CONSTANTLY SOILED

YES 1
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
FSSOILCONST indicates whether the female respondent constantly soils herself. While the question does not mention the term "fistula," constant fecal leakage is a symptom of fistula.

concept

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