Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008

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Reference ID

NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Why treatment for fistula was not sought (W_FSNOTREATWHY)

Data file: NGA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1275

End: 1276

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1107. Why have you not sought treatment?

1. Did not know problem could be fixed
2. Do not know where to go
3. Too expensive
4. Too far to reach treatment facility
5. Poor quality of care at facility
6. Could not get permission to go
7. Embarrassment
8. Other (specify)

DID NOT KNOW COULD BE FIXED 1 (GO TO 1201)
DO NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO 2 (GO TO 1201)
TOO EXPENSIVE 3 (GO TO 1201)
TOO FAR 4 (GO TO 1201)
POOR QUALITY OF CARE 5 (GO TO 1201)
COULD NOT GET PERMISSION 6 (GO TO 1201)
EMBARRASSMENT 7 (GO TO 1201)
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ 8 (GO TO 1201)

Categories

Value	Category
01	Did not know problem could be fixed
02	Do not know where to go
03	Too expensive
04	Too far to reach treatment facility
05	Poor quality of care at facility
06	Could not get permission to go
07	Embarrassment
08	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

For women who have experienced fistula that was not treated, FSNOTREATWHY reports the main reason that treatment was not sought.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fistula treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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