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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1992 - 1993
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IND_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences., Minnesota Population Center
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Ayurvedic doctor/Vaid gave delivery care for last birth (India) (W_DELIA1_01)

Data file: IND1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 703
End: 703
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
417. Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?
Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
AYURVEDIC DOCTOR/VAID B
NURSE/MIDWIFE C
ANM/LHV D

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED (TRADITIONAL) BIRTH ATTENDANT E
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
RELATIVE/FRIEND G

OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ H
NO ONE I
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 four years, DELIA1_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported an Ayurvedic doctor/Vaid gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to India.

concept

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