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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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Traditional birth attendant gave prenatal care (last birth) (W_ANCARETBA_01)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1033
End: 1033
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407) When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you receive prenatal care?

IF YES: Whom did you see?

PROBE TO IDENTIFY EACH TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

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 (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
For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, ANCARETBA_01 (M2G_1) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave antenatal care (for the last birth). 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
Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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