Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Number of abortions ever had (W_ABORTNO)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 399

End: 400

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

230A. I will now ask you about each of them separately.

IF NONE, RECORD '00'.

01. In total, how many miscarriages have you had?

TOTAL MISCARRIAGES ___

02. In total, how many abortions have you had? Please, also include abortions induced by cytotec or other medicines/herbs with abortive effect conducted at home or elsewhere by yourself or with a help of a health professional.

TOTAL INDUCED ABORTIONS ___

03. In total, how many stillbirths have you had?

TOTAL STILLBIRTHS ___

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10+
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

ABORTNO reports the number of induced abortions the respondent has had, from none to 10 or more abortions.

Many surveys collect information about pregnancy terminations (pregnancies that did not result in a live birth), but do not distinguish between induced abortion, miscarriage, and stillbirth. By contrast, ABORTNO specifically refers to induced abortion.

In countries where abortion is not legal, respondents may tend to reclassify an induced abortion as an accidental miscarriage.

The related variables MISCARRYNO and STILLBIRTHNO report the number of other types of pregnancy termination not resulting in a live birth.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Fertility Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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