Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2011
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Main reason for most recent abortion (W_ABORTWHY)
Data file: NPL2011-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
396
End:
397
Width:
2
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
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 |
|---|---|
| 10 | Health reasons |
| 11 | Protect mother's health |
| 12 | Birth defect |
| 20 | Financial/practical reasons |
| 21 | Lack of money to raise child |
| 30 | Family planning reasons-delay |
| 31 | To delay childbearing |
| 32 | Too young to have child |
| 33 | Not ready to be mother |
| 34 | Want to continue school |
| 35 | Want to continue work |
| 36 | To space between births |
| 40 | Family planning reasons-unwanted |
| 41 | Not want more children |
| 42 | Husband not want child |
| 43 | Not want child of this sex |
| 44 | Pregnant because of rape |
| 50 | Family/social reasons |
| 51 | Not love father of child |
| 52 | Father of child dead |
| 53 | No one to help look after child |
| 54 | Parents insisted |
| 55 | To avoid shame |
| 95 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 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
ABORTWHY reports the main reason for the female respondent's (most recent) abortion.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Fertility Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |