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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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Baby postnatal check within 2 months (last birth) (W_PNBABCK_01)

Data file: GHA2008-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1415
End: 1415
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
449. In the two months after (NAME) was born, did any health care provider or a traditional birth attendant check on his/her health?
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 453)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 453)
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, PNBABCK_01 (M70_1) indicates whether the woman's last-born baby had a postnatal check within 2 months of delivery.

concept

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