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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
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AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Community/village health worker gave prenatal care (last birth) (W_ANCAREHW_01)

Data file: AFG2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1399
End: 1399
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
409. Whom did you see? Anyone else?

PROBE TO IDENTIFY EACH TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER E

OTHER__________X
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, ANCAREHW_01 (M2H_1) indicates whether a community or village health worker gave antenatal care (for the last birth). Wording for this category varied across samples. See Comparability.

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Maternal antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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