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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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Had abortion in past 5 years (W_ABORTIN5YR)

Data file: NPL2011-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 393
End: 393
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
237B) What was the main reason you decided to have this (last) abortion?

HEALTH OF MOTHER 01
RISK OF BIRTH DEFECT 02
NO MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF BABY 03
TOTO YOUNG TO HAVE CHILD 04
NOT READY TO BE A MOTHER 05
WANTED TO CONTNIUE SCHOOLING 06
DID NOT LOVE THE FATER 07
WANTED TO DELAY CHILDBEARING 08
WANTED TO CONTINUE WORKING 09
WANTED TO SPACE CHILD 10
PARTNER DID NOT WANT CHILD 11
CHILD'S SEX 12
BECAUSE OF RAPE 13
TO AVOID SHAME 14
AFRAID OF PARENTS 15
NO ONE TO HELP LOOK AFTER CHILD 16
PARENTS INSISTED 17
FATHER OF CHILD DIED 18
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ 96
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ABORTIN5YR indicates whether the female respondent had an abortion in the past five years.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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