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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Traditional health practitioner gave prenatal care for last birth (Ghana) (W_ANCAREGH3_01)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1633
End: 1633
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407. Did you see anyone for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

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

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C
COMMUNITY HEALTH OFFICER/NURSE D

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT G
COMMUNITY/VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEER H
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X

NO ONE Y (GO TO 414)
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 five years, ANCAREGH3_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported that a traditional health practitioner gave antenatal care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Maternal antenatal care, CS Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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