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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave prenatal care (C_ANCARETBA)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1036
End: 1036
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407) When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you see anyone for prenatal care for this pregnancy?

IF YES: Whom did you see?
Someone else?

PROBE TO OBTAIN THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL OF THE PERSONS SEEN.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL


DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON


TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D

OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
NO ONE Y (GO TO 410)
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
ANCARETBA (M2G) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave the child's mother antenatal care while the child was in utero. Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

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

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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