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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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Nurse/midwife/medical assistant gave delivery care for last birth (Madagascar) (W_DELMG3_01)

Data file: MDG2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1182
End: 1182
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
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, DELMG3_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a nurse/midwife/medical assistant gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Madagascar.

concept

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