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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 1992
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NAM_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services [Namibia], Central Statistics Office [Namibia], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave prenatal care (C_ANCARETBA)

Data file: NAM1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 875
End: 875
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405) When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you see anyone for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
RECORD ALL PERSONS SEEN.

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT C
OTHER (SPECIFY)_____D
NO ONE E (GO TO 409)
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
ANCARETBA (M2G) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave the child's mother antenatal care while the child was in utero. Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

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

concept

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