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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2008
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Reference ID
EGY_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health [Egypt], E-Zanaty and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Why not deliver in health facility: Other reason (last birth) (W_DELHMOTH_01)

Data file: EGY2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1055
End: 1055
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
555. Why didn't you deliver in a health facility? PROBE: Any other reason? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.
[LAST BIRTH ONLY]

COST TOO MUCH A
FACILITY NOT OPEN B
TOO FAR/NO TRANSPORTATION C
DON'T TRUST FACILITY/POOR QUALITY SERVICE D
NO FEMALE PROVIDER AT FACILITY E
HUSBAND/FAMILY DID NOT ALLOW F
NOT NECESSARY G
NOT CUSTOMARY H
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
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
DELHMOTH_01 (M65X_1) indicates whether the respondent did not deliver her most recent child in a health facility for some "other" reason than those specified in a given survey. The interviewer recorded all reasons mentioned.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Maternal delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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