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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Other person gave delivery care (C_DELOTH)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1389
End: 1389
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435. 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/MIDWIFE/MEDICAL ASSISTANT B

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ASSISTANT C
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ASSISTANT D
RELATIVE/FRIEND 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
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