Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998

Reference ID

CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

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Complications at delivery: Excessive bleeding (C_DELPROBLE)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1057

End: 1057

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

414) At the time of the birth of (NAME), did you have any of the following problems:

A long labor, that is, did your regular contractions last more than 12 hours?

Excessive bleeding that was so much that you feared it was life threatening?

A high fever with bad smelling vaginal discharge?

Convulsions not caused by fever?

LABOR MORE THAN 12 HOURS

YES 1
NO 2

EXCESSIVE BLEEDING

YES 1
NO 2

FEVER/BAD SMELLING VAGINAL DISCHARGE

YES 1
NO 2

CONVULSIONS

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELPROBLE (M31) indicates whether the child's mother experienced excessive bleeding around the time of the child's birth. The definition of "excessive" bleeding was "so much that you feared that it threatened your life."

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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