Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset
Nepal, 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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May 01, 2020
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Main reason for most recent abortion (W_ABORTWHY)
Data file: NPL2016-W.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
404
End:
405
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
229B. What was the main reason you decided to have this (last) abortion?
HEALTH OF MOTHER 01
NO MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF BABY 02
WANTED TO DELAY CHILDBEARING 03
DID NOT WANT ANYMORE CHILDREN 04
WANTED TO SPACE CHILD BIRTH 05
HUSBAND/PARTNER DID NOT WANT CHILD 06
OTHER (SPECIFY)___ 96
HEALTH OF MOTHER 01
NO MONEY TO TAKE CARE OF BABY 02
WANTED TO DELAY CHILDBEARING 03
DID NOT WANT ANYMORE CHILDREN 04
WANTED TO SPACE CHILD BIRTH 05
HUSBAND/PARTNER DID NOT WANT CHILD 06
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 |