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MISCARRYABORTNO (MISCARRYABORTNO)
Number of pregnancies ever ending in miscarriage or abortion
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Description

MISCARRYABORTNO reports the total number of abortions and miscarriages the respondent ever had, without distinguishing between the two types of pregnancy termination.

The related variables MISCARRYNO and ABORTNO separately report, respectively, the number of miscarriages and the number of abortions a woman ever had, for some samples.

Comparability

MISCARRYABORTNO has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

MISCARRYABORTNO is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe

  • Yemen 1991: Ever-married women age 15-54 who ever had pregnancy termination not ending in live birth.
  • Yemen: 1991-W, 1991-C, 1991-B