Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset
Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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Person who checked respondent's health after discharge/delivery at home (C_DELPPCHKAWHO)
Data file: KEN2008-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1548
End:
1551
Width:
4
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
446. Who checked on your health at that time?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]
HEALTH PERSONNEL
DOCTOR 11
NURSE/MIDWIFE 12
OTHER PERSON
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT 21
COMMUNITY HLTH WORKER 22
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 96
[Most recent birth within the last five years]
HEALTH PERSONNEL
DOCTOR 11
NURSE/MIDWIFE 12
OTHER PERSON
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT 21
COMMUNITY HLTH WORKER 22
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 1000 | HEALTH PROFESSIONAL |
| 1100 | Doctor |
| 1110 | Doctor/clinical officer |
| 1200 | Nurse/midwife |
| 1210 | Nurse |
| 1220 | Midwife |
| 1230 | Nurse/midwife/LHV |
| 1300 | Auxiliary midwife |
| 1900 | Other health personnel |
| 1910 | Trained health personnel |
| 1911 | Clinical officer |
| 1912 | Health assistant |
| 1913 | Physician assistant |
| 1920 | Limited training health personnel |
| 1921 | Patient attendant |
| 1922 | Health surveillance assistant (HSA) |
| 1923 | MCH aide/worker |
| 1924 | Assistant clinical officer |
| 1925 | Nursing aide/assistant nurse |
| 1926 | Lady health visitor (LHV) |
| 1927 | Community midwife |
| 2000 | OTHER PERSON |
| 2100 | Traditional birth attendant |
| 2110 | Trained TBA |
| 2120 | Untrained TBA |
| 2130 | TBA, unsure about training |
| 2200 | Community/village health worker |
| 2210 | Accredited social health activist (ASHA) |
| 2220 | Female community health volunteer (FCHV) |
| 2300 | Relative/friend |
| 2400 | Lady health worker |
| 2500 | Traditional practitioner |
| 2510 | Hakim |
| 2520 | Matron |
| 2600 | Dispenser/compounder |
| 9995 | Other |
| 9998 | Missing |
| 9999 | 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 last-born children under age five who were either a) delivered away from a health facility or b) delivered at a health facility where their mother did not receive a health check before being discharged, DELPPCHKAWHO (M68) reports who conducted their mother's postpartum health check. Response categories vary across samples. See Comparability.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |