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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
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Trained traditional birth attendant gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELTRBA_01)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1263
End: 1263
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 SEE IF ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

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

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
COMMUNITY/VILLAGE HEALTH VOLUNTEER G
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER H
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 three to five years, DELTRBA_01 (M3F_1) indicates whether a trained (traditional) birth attendant gave delivery care (for the last birth). Wording for this category varied across samples. See Comparability.

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

concept

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