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Demographic and Health Survey 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1991
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CMR_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (Direction Nationale du Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat)[Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Auxiliary midwife gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELAUXMW_01)

Data file: CMR1991-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 645
End: 645
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
412) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
RELATIVE E

OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ F
NO ONE G
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
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.

Description

Definition
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELAUXMW_01 (M3C_1) indicates whether an auxiliary midwife gave delivery care (for the last birth).

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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