NUHDSS-Pregnancy Outcome and Birth Registration 2002-2015

KENYA, 2002 - 2015
Nairobi Urban Health & Demographic Surveillance System

African Population and Health Research Center

CSV JSON

outcome of the pregnancy (bth_pregoutcome)

Data file: NUHDSS_Births_2002-2015

Overview

vald 25518

invd 0

Interval discrete

Decimal 0

Range 1 - 9999995

Questions and instructions

Literal question

What was/were the outcome(s) of the pregnancy?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	live birth	24885	97.5%
2	still birth	618	2.4%
3	miscarriage	6	0%
4	abortion	0	0%
5	not pregnant	1	0%
6	censored because woman moved/died	1	0%
96	other	0	0%
97	refused	0	0%
98	don't know	0	0%
99	NIU (not in universe)	0	0%
9999995	missing:impute	7	0%

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.

Question pretext

Question post text

[IF Q3.4 IS NOT LIVE BIRTH, SKIP TO Q8.1]

[IF MORE THAN 1 LIVE BIRTH, FILL 4A FOR EACH LIVE BIRTH]

Interviewer instructions

Ask for outcome of each foetus according to the number in Q 3.1 and record in the boxes

1 = Live Birth: This covers all births where the child showed signs of life, such as movement or crying, after being born. As such, all children who were born alive should be under this category, irrespective of how long they lived after birth. Note that there might be a tendency for some women to report a pregnancy outcome whose child died immediately after birth as a stillbirth; this should be a live birth. You should also be aware of some cultural practices that may affect a response to this question. For instance, in some cultures, a child is not considered as a “human being” until after certain rituals are conducted.

2 = Still Birth: Record “STB” if the child was born dead (i.e. there were no signs of life at the time of birth). Any pregnancy that results into delivery of a dead child after pregnancy duration of 28 weeks or more should be categorized as a stillbirth.

NB: The spaces 2.4a, 2.4b and 2.4c are for multiple outcomes from a Pregnancy as described in Q2.3

3 = Miscarriage: A miscarriage refers to a pregnancy that is spontaneously (i.e. involuntarily) terminated between the date of conception and 27 weeks. The important thing to bear in mind here is that the pregnant woman did not induce the termination, and the fact that the woman was pregnant for 27 weeks or less (less than 7 months) at the time the pregnancy was terminated. If a pregnancy is terminated in the same way, but its duration is 28 weeks or more (7 months or more), the pregnancy outcome should be “STB”

4 = Abortion: Abortion refers to a situation where the termination of the pregnancy is instigated or induced by the woman. Note that because of the privacy and stigma associated with induced abortion in our society, many women may be reluctant to report that they deliberately terminated a pregnancy. As such, it is important that you ask the question tactfully and with sensitivity. This is one of the areas where building appropriate rapport with the respondent helps a lot. In general, the woman has to treat you as a “friend” to divulge such information to you. So, when a woman says that she lost a pregnancy through a miscarriage, you should probe further to establish whether the woman instigated the termination (in which case the code becomes ABT), or it happened spontaneously (in which case the code becomes MIS or STB depending on the gestation period of the pregnancy when it was terminated).

5 = Not Pregnant: Record NPG in situations where the respondent says that the woman whose pregnancy was recorded in a previous round was not pregnant as earlier indicated. This may be true if the respondent in a previous round was not the woman herself; most likely if it was the husband. It may, however, be true that the woman was pregnant but wants to conceal the fact that she deliberately terminated this pregnancy.

6 =Censored pregnancy: Record CEN for all women whose pregnancies were registered in a previous round and who changed residence by the time of your current visit. Pregnancy outcome censoring should be done at the place of origin while a normal pregnancy outcome should be captured at the point of destination. This will go along way in ensuring that we capture as many outcomes as possible, especially those that do not terminate into live birth or are concealed.

Description

Text

The outcome of the pregnancy.

Universe

All the households with a female DSS members who had a pregnancy outcome.