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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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Auxiliary midwife gave delivery care (C_DELAUXMW)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1065
End: 1065
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

Anyone else?

PROBE TO OBTAIN 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
FAMILY/FRIENDS E

OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
NO ONE Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELAUXMW (M3C) indicates whether an auxiliary midwife assisted with the child's delivery.

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

concept

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