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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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Reference ID
GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
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Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
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  • GHA2014-B.dat
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Traditional practitioner gave delivery care (Ghana) (C_DELGH3)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1545
End: 1545
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
433) 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 B
COM. HEALTH OFFICER/NURSE C

OTHER PERSON

TRAD. BIRTH ATTENDANT/TBA D
VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEER E
TRAD. HEALTH PRACTITIONER F

OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X

NO ONE ASSISTED Y
Categories
Value Category
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 five years preceding the survey, DELGH3 indicates whether a traditional practitioner assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

concept

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