Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016

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Reference ID

MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Child put on mother's chest and bare skin after birth (B_DELCHEST)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1563

End: 1564

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

434. Immediately after the birth, was (NAME) put directly on the bare skin of your chest?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes
11	Yes, touching bare skin
12	Yes, not touching bare skin
13	Yes, don't know whether touching bare skin
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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

DELCHEST (M77) indicates whether the child was put on the bare skin of the mother's chest immediately after birth.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child health postpartum Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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