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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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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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Mother's health checked before discharge (B_PPCHECK)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1537
End: 1537
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435. I would like to talk to you about check son your health after delivery, for example, someone asking you questions about your health or examining you. Did anyone check on your health while you were still in the facility?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 438)
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
0 No
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 last-born children under age 5 who were delivered at a health facility, PPCHECK (M62) indicates whether the child's mother received a postpartum health check before she was discharged from the facility.

concept

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