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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
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ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant, training uncertain, gave delivery care for last birth (Zimbabwe) (W_DELZW1_01)

Data file: ZWE2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1326
End: 1326
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
434) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B

TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE

TRAINED C
UNTRAINED D
UNSURE ABOUT TRAINING E

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, DELZW1_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a traditional birth attendant with unknown training gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.

concept

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