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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011
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NPL_2011_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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  • NPL2011-B.dat
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How most recent abortion brought on (C_ABORTHOW)

Data file: NPL2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 398
End: 399
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
237C) What did you do to end this pregnancy?

DRANK MILK/COFFEE/OTHER LIQUID WITH LOTS OF SUGAR 01
DRANK HERBAL CONCOCTION 02
DRANK OTHER HOME REMEDIES 03
USED ANY HERBAL ANEMA 04
INSERTED HERB/OTHER SUBSTANCE IN THE VAGINA 05
TOOK TABLETS (UNSPECIFIED) 06
HEAVY MASSAGE 07
D AND C 08
MANUAL VACUUM ASPIRATION 09
INJECTION 10
SALINE INSTILLATION 11
MEDICAL ABORTION 12
OXYTOCIN 13
CATHETER 14
EXCESSIVE PHYSICAL ACTIVITY 15
OTHER 96
Categories
Value Category
10 Medical abortion (induced via drugs)
11 Given oxytocin
12 Had injection
13 Had catheter inserted
14 Saline instillation
15 Took tablets, unspecified
20 Surgical/mechanical abortion
21 Manual vacuum aspiration
22 Electric vacuum aspiration
23 D and C (Dilation and Curettage) or D and E (Dilation and Evacuation)
30 Home remedies
31 Drank herbal concoction
32 Drank other home remedy
33 Used herbal enema
34 Inserted herbs/substance in vagina
35 Heavy massage
36 Physical activity
95 Other
98 Missing
99 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
ABORTHOW reports the method used to induce the female respondent's (most recent) abortion.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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