Home / Central Data Catalog / CMR_2011_DHS_V01_M_V02_A_IPUMS / variable [C]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
Get Microdata
Reference ID
CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
Page views
106692

Other person gave delivery care (C_DELOTH)

Data file: CMR2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1543
End: 1543
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?

Anyone else?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE IF ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
MEDICAL ASSISTANT C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
PARENTS/FRIENDS E

OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
NO ONE Y
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELOTH (M3K) indicates whether some other person assisted with the child's delivery. 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
Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
Back to Catalog