Optimal Caesarean Rate Dataset Codebook

Persistent identifier

10.17037/DATA.40

Description

Quantitative data from a global online survey of medical doctors who had performed at least one caesarean in the last five years. Participants were recruited by online invitations via national obstetrics and gynaecology associations, large clinical studies of deliveries and maternal health organisations. The sample was not representative of all doctors performing caesareans worldwide. Data were collected between August 2013 and January 2014. Respondents were asked for background information (gender, age, occupation, facility characteristics, country of practice), before reporting their opinion of the optimal caesarean rate – defined as the caesarean rate that would minimise poor maternal and perinatal outcomes – at the population level and within specific sub-groups of deliveries (including women with demographic and clinical risk factors for caesareans). This dataset also includes national indicators for included countries (global region, income level and caesarean rate).

Data Codebook

The Optimal Caesarean Rate dataset contains the following variables.

Variable Name Variable Label Answer Label Answer Code Variable Type
gender Participant gender     String
    Female Female  
    Male Male  
age Participant age     String
    20 to 29 20-29  
    30 to 39 30-39  
    40 to 49 40-49  
    50 to 59 50-59  
    60 or over 60+  
occupation Main occupation     String
    Academic researcher Academic researcher  
    International NGO International NGO  
    Non-clinical doctor Non-clinical doctor  
    Obstetrician Obstetrician  
    Other doctor Other doctor  
    Student Student  
    . Not completed  
facility_caesareanrate Facility caesarean rate     String
    0 to 14% 0-14%  
    15 to 29% 15-29%  
    30 to 49% 30-49%  
    50% or more 50%+  
    Don't know Dont know  
    . Not completed  
facility_level Highest facility level of practice     String
    District District  
    National/University National/University  
    Primary care Primary care  
    Private/Other Private/Other  
    Regional Regional  
    . Not completed  
facility_type Facility type     String
    Mixed private Mixed private  
    Mixed public-private Mixed public-private  
    Private for-profit only Private for-profit only  
    Private not-for-profit only Private not-for-profit only  
    Public only Public only  
    . Not completed  
country Country of practice (most recent)     String
    Afghanistan Afghanistan  
    Albania Albania  
    Algeria Algeria  
    Argentina Argentina  
    Australia Australia  
    Bahrain Bahrain  
    Bangladesh Bangladesh  
    Barbados Barbados  
    Belgium Belgium  
    Benin Benin  
    Bolivia Bolivia  
    Brazil Brazil  
    Brunei Brunei  
    Burkina Faso Burkina Faso  
    Cambodia Cambodia  
    Cameroon Cameroon  
    Canada Canada  
    Chile Chile  
    China (People's Republic of) China (People's Republic of)  
    Colombia Colombia  
    Congo (Democratic Republic of) Congo (Democratic Republic of)  
    Congo (Republic of) Congo (Republic of)  
    Denmark Denmark  
    Dominican Republic Dominican Republic  
    Ecuador Ecuador  
    Egypt Egypt  
    El Salvador El Salvador  
    Ethiopia Ethiopia  
    France France  
    Georgia Georgia  
    Germany Germany  
    Ghana Ghana  
    Guatemala Guatemala  
    Guinea Guinea  
    Haiti Haiti  
    Honduras Honduras  
    Iceland Iceland  
    India India  
    Indonesia Indonesia  
    Iran Iran  
    Iraq Iraq  
    Ireland Ireland  
    Italy Italy  
    Jamaica Jamaica  
    Japan Japan  
    Jordan Jordan  
    Kenya Kenya  
    Korea (South) Korea (South)  
    Kuwait Kuwait  
    Lebanon Lebanon  
    Lesotho Lesotho  
    Luxembourg Luxembourg  
    Madagascar Madagascar  
    Malaysia Malaysia  
    Malta Malta  
    Mexico Mexico  
    Mongolia Mongolia  
    Morocco Morocco  
    Mozambique Mozambique  
    Nepal Nepal  
    New Zealand New Zealand  
    Nicaragua Nicaragua  
    Niger Niger  
    Nigeria Nigeria  
    Norway Norway  
    Pakistan Pakistan  
    Panama Panama  
    Papua New Guinea Papua New Guinea  
    Peru Peru  
    Philippines Philippines  
    Poland Poland  
    Romania Romania  
    Russia Russia  
    Rwanda Rwanda  
    Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia  
    Singapore Singapore  
    Slovenia Slovenia  
    South Africa South Africa  
    Spain Spain  
    Sri Lanka Sri Lanka  
    Sudan Sudan  
    Sweden Sweden  
    Switzerland Switzerland  
    Taiwan Taiwan  
    Tanzania Tanzania  
    Tunisia Tunisia  
    Turkey Turkey  
    Turkmenistan Turkmenistan  
    Uganda Uganda  
    Ukraine Ukraine  
    United Kingdom United Kingdom  
    United States United States  
    Uzbekistan Uzbekistan  
    Venezuela Venezuela  
    Zambia Zambia  
    Zimbabwe Zimbabwe  
    . Not completed  
country_region Region of main experience in obstetrics     String
    Africa Africa  
    Americas Americas  
    Eastern Mediterranean Eastern Mediterranean  
    Europe Europe  
    South-East Asia South-East Asia  
    Western Pacific Western Pacific  
    . Not completed  
country_incomelevel Country income level     String
    High income High income  
    Low income Low income  
    Lower middle income Lower middle income  
    Upper middle income Upper middle income  
    . Not completed  
country_caesareanrate National caesarean rate     String
    Under 5 percent <5%  
    5 to 15 percent 5-15%  
    15 to 30 percent 15-30%  
    30 percent or more >=30%  
    . Not completed  
survey_language Language of survey     String
    English English  
    French French  
    Portuguese Portuguese  
    Spanish Spanish  
optcsr_population OCR - all deliveries Open ended   Numeric
ocr_cplpra OCR - complete placenta praevia     String
    0 percent 0  
    1 to 10 percent 1-10%  
    11 to 20 percent 11-20%  
    21 to 30 percent 21-30%  
    31 to 40 percent 31-40%  
    41 to 50 percent 41-50%  
    51 to 60 percent 51-60%  
    61 to 70 percent 61-70%  
    71 to 80 percent 71-80%  
    81 to 90 percent 81-90%  
    91 to 100 percent 91-100%  
ocr_aph OCR - antepartum haemorrhage Open ended As above String
ocr_rupture OCR - uterine rupture Open ended As above String
ocr_transv OCR - transverse/oblique lie Open ended As above String
ocr_face OCR - face/brow presentation Open ended As above String
ocr_breech OCR - breech presentation Open ended As above String
ocr_cpd OCR - severe cephalo-pelvic disproportion Open ended As above String
ocr_prollabour OCR - prolonged labour Open ended As above String
ocr_prevcs OCR - previous caesarean section Open ended As above String
ocr_twin OCR - twin pregnancy Open ended As above String
ocr_eclampsia OCR - eclampsia Open ended As above String
ocr_preeclampsia OCR - pre-eclampsia Open ended As above String
ocr_diabetes OCR - Maternal diabetes Open ended As above String
ocr_premlabour OCR - premature labour Open ended As above String
ocr_cordprolapse OCR - cord prolapse Open ended As above String
ocr_lowrisk OCR - low-risk (multipara singleton cephalic, no risk factors) Open ended As above String
ocr_hbw OCR - birthweight >4000g Open ended As above String
ocr_lbw OCR - birthweight <2500g Open ended As above String
ocr_gmpara OCR - parity >=6 Open ended As above String
ocr_npara OCR - nullipara Open ended As above String
ocr_lmh OCR - maternal height Open ended As above String
ocr_overw OCR - maternal overweight Open ended As above String
ocr_obese OCR - maternal obesity Open ended As above String
ocr_prevsb OCR - previous stillbirth Open ended As above String
ocr_prevend OCR - previous early neonatal death Open ended As above String
ocr_matage OCR - maternal age >35 Open ended As above String