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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Woman's health checked before discharge after delivery (last birth) (W_PPCHECK_01)

Data file: GHA2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1256
End: 1256
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
436) I would like to talk to you about checks on your health after delivery, for example, someone asking you questions about your health or examining you. Did anyone check on your health while you were still in the facility? [ASK FOR MOST RECENT BIRTH ONLY]

YES 1 (GO TO 439)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 5 years before the survey and delivered their last child at a health facility, PPCHECK_01 (M62_1) indicates whether the woman received a postpartum health check before she was discharged from the facility.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Postpartum care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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