Variable MN19 : Delivery by caesarean section

Overview
Type: Discrete
Format: numeric
Width: 1
Decimal(s): 0
Range: 1-9
Valid case(s): 1185
Invalid: 4612
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 9

File: wm

Universe
Women with a live birth in the last two years who gave birth in a public or private medical facility (CM13=Y and MN18=21-23,26,31-33,36)
Source of information
Respondent

Categories

Value Category Cases
1 Yes 265 22.4%
2 No 918 77.5%
9 Missing 2 0.2%
Sysmiss 4612
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.

Literal question
Was (name) delivered by caesarean section? That is, did they cut your belly open to take the baby out?
Interviewer instructions
A caesarean section is a delivery of a baby through an incision in the woman's abdomen and womb, rather than through the birth canal. Such a delivery is necessary for some women due to pregnancy complications. Find out whether the baby was delivered by an operation and not through the birth canal.
Generated: OCT-19-2012 using the IHSN Microdata Management Toolkit