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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Lady health worker gave delivery care for last birth (Pakistan) (W_DELPK5_01)

Data file: PAK2017-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1197
End: 1197
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
429) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE(S) OF PERSON(S) AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED. IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE B
MIDWIFE C
LHV D
CMW E

OTHER PERSON

DAI/TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
FAMILY WELFARE WK G
LADY H. WORKER H
HOMEOPATH I
HAKIM J
RELATIVE/FRIEND K

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
NO ONE ASSISTED Y
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 five years, DELPK5_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a lady health worker (LHW) gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Pakistan.

concept

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