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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2015
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ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Post-partum check: Observed breastfeeding (last birth) (W_PPBFOBS_01)

Data file: ZWE2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1270
End: 1270
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
455. Who checked on (NAME)'s health at that time?

PROBE FOR MOST QUALIFIED PERSON.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR 11
NURSE 12
NURSE MIDWIFE 13

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT 21
VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER 22

OTHER (SPECIFY) 96
Categories
Value Category
8 Missing
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 five years preceding the survey, PPBFOBS_01 (M78E_1) indicates whether a health care provider observed the child breastfeeding in the first two days after the child's birth (for the last birth).

concept

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