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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2004
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LSO_2004_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho], Bureau of Statistics (BOS) [Lesotho], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave prenatal care (last birth) (W_ANCARETBA_01)

Data file: LSO2004-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1285
End: 1285
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407 Did you see anyone for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS SEEN.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT C

OTHER _____________(SPECIFY) X
NO ONE Y (GO TO 415)
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, ANCARETBA_01 (M2G_1) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave antenatal care (for the last birth). Wording for this response 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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