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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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Other person gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELOTH_01)

Data file: NAM1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 652
End: 652
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
412A) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?
Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSONS AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT C
RELATIVE D
OTHER (SPECIFY)____E
NO ONE F
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 three to five years, DELOTH_01 (M3K_1) indicates whether some other person gave delivery care (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

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

concept

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