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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007
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PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Lady health worker gave delivery care for last birth (Pakistan) (W_DELPK5_01)

Data file: PAK2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 901
End: 901
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
447) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OR PERSON AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED.
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, ASK IF ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PERSON

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE/LHV B

OTHER PERSON

DAI-TBA C
LADY H. WORKER D
HOMEOPATH E
HAKIM F
RELATIVE/FRIEND (NOT A DAI) G
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 five years, DELPK5_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a lady health worker (LHW) gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Pakistan.

concept

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