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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child's health checked before discharge (B_PNBABCKHF)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1529
End: 1529
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
438. Now I would like to talk to you about checks on (NAME)'s health after delivery - for example, someone examining (NAME), checking the cord, or seeing if (NAME) is OK. Did anyone check on (NAME)'s health while you were still in the facility?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 441)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 441)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 last-born children under age five who were born in a health facility, PNBABCKHF (M74) indicates whether the child received a postnatal health check before being discharged from the facility.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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