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Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992
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YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave delivery care (C_DELTBA)

Data file: YEM1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 826
End: 826
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
512) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? RECORD THE MOST QUALIFIED

DOCTOR 1
TRAINED NURSE/MIDWIFE 2
DAYA 3
RELATIVE/FRIEND 4
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ 5
NO ONE 6
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELTBA (M3G) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant assisted with the child's delivery. Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

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