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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 2006
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NER_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et des Finances [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELTBA_01)

Data file: NER2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1178
End: 1178
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
426. 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 PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
MIDWIFE B
NURSE C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELTBA_01 (M3G_1) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave delivery 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 delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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