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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Received prenatal care (C_ANCARE)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1528
End: 1528
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407. Did you see anyone for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

PROBE TO IDENTIFY EACH TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C
COMMUNITY HEALTH OFFICER/NURSE D

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT G
COMMUNITY/VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEER H
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER I
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X

NO ONE Y (GO TO 414)
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
ANCARE indicates whether the child's mother received any antenatal care while the child was in utero. This variable is the inverse of ANCARENONE (M2N).

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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