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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Doctor gave delivery care (C_DELDOC)

Data file: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1118
End: 1118
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

Anyone else?

PROBE TO THE TYPE(S) OF PERSON(S) AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED. IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT/DOULA C

OTHER PERSON

UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D

OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
NO ONE Y
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELDOC (M3A) indicates whether a doctor 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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