| Abortion section [message #8487] |
Tue, 03 November 2015 07:40  |
ewa.b
Messages: 37
Registered: January 2014
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Hello,
I have a question regarding what is called the Abortion section of the DHS. I have found through the DHS website -> Survey Characteristics that 97 countries have such a section. I wanted to know what information this section includes and how I could find more information about what questions about abortion are asked.
I am using Colombia 2010 DHS and there are some varibales in the dataset regarding, it seems to me, attititudes towards abortion and knowledge about law. Is that what what is meant by Abortion section?
Also, there is one variable "reason hospitalization: abortion threat". Could you advise:
-what exactly this variable means?
-how to find out what question specifically has been asked to get this information?
-why are there 7 variables which have the same label "reason hospitalization: abortion threat" (s250e, s440e_1, s440e_2, s440e_3, s440e_4, s440e_5, s440e_6)?
Many thanks,
Ewa
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| Re: Abortion section [message #8574 is a reply to message #8487] |
Tue, 17 November 2015 13:31  |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
Attached is a spreadsheet showing completed surveys with abortion questions. If you hover over the comments, you will see exactly what was asked. In order to be part of the survey characteristics on our website, there must a variable to count the abortions. This variable and possibly others associated with it will then appear as country specific in the recoded dataset. Our standard core questionnaire for DHS6 only asks the following question but does not quantify it: "Did you have any miscarriages, abortions or stillbirths that ended before 2005 (1)?" I hope this helps. Regarding the second part of your question, please look at questions 250 and 440 in the woman's questionnaire. Question 250 is for the current pregnancy and question 440 is for children born in the last five years. If you are looking at the woman's file, the question is expanded for every child with an underscore which lets you know which child you are looking at. However, only the first variable (S440e_1) has valid information as the question was only asked for the last child born in the last five years.
If you have additional questions, please feel free to post again.
Thank you!
[Updated on: Wed, 18 November 2015 17:20] Report message to a moderator |
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| Re: Abortion section [message #8663 is a reply to message #8662] |
Wed, 25 November 2015 10:39 |
Liz-DHS
Messages: 1516
Registered: February 2013
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Dear User,
Country specific variables normally begin with the letter "S" and have the same question number as in the questionnaire. For example in Armenia DHS 2010, the woman's questionnaire has Q209A which asks about the number of abortions the woman has had (this is what I meant about the count). The Country Specific variable would then be S209A in the recode file. It would most likely be different in every other survey containing this type of information because the questions numbers would be different. The variable doesn't count the number of abortions. The number in S209A is used as the number of abortions she has had. I don't think you can determine definitively which of the terminations in the calendar are abortions, miscarriages, or stillbirths. Some surveys ask information about all three but I don't think you can definitely determine between the calendar and the country specific variable. That is why it is a country specific variable. When the data is distributed, we normally have a Word document which is distributed with the data. This document should contain all the country specific variables along with their descriptive label. Hope this helps to clarify.
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| Re: Abortion section [message #23603 is a reply to message #13483] |
Tue, 19 October 2021 12:01 |
wps2674
Messages: 4
Registered: October 2021
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Hello,
Do you have an updated version of the excel file including the questions on abortion by survey?
Or, preferably, is there information on only miscarriage and/or stillbirth?
I need to find out the most recent information on these outcomes.
Thank you very much for your help!
[Updated on: Tue, 19 October 2021 12:03] Report message to a moderator |
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| Re: Abortion section [message #23830 is a reply to message #23825] |
Fri, 10 December 2021 11:23 |
wps2674
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Registered: October 2021
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Thank you very much!
I guess all abortion information here is "induced abortion" rather than "spontaneous abortion (miscarriage)"?
Thanks!
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