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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
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Ministry of Health and Population (MOHP) [Nepal], New ERA, and ICF International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Applied to umbilical cord: Other (C_DELUMBTROTH)

Data file: NPL2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1522
End: 1522
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
431E) What was placed on the stump?

OIL 1
ASH B
VERMILION C
OINTMENT/POWDER D
ANIMAL DUNG E
TURMERIC F
GHEE G
CHLORHEXIDINE H
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
DELUMBTROTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the child's mother reported that some other treatment was applied to the stump of the child's umbilical cord. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Newborn care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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