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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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Reference ID
LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Ever heard of pap smear (C_PAPSMEVHEARD)

Data file: LSO2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1206
End: 1206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1012N) Have you ever heard of a pap smear, that is an exam that consists of removing cells from the cervix to detect changes that can suggest the presence of cancer in a woman's womb?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1013)
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
PAPSMEVHEARD indicates whether the respondent has ever heard of a pap smear. A pap smear is an exam in which cells are removed from the cervix to detect changes that can suggest the presence of cancer.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Cancer Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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