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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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Reference ID
NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Mother's health checked after discharge/home delivery (C_DELPPCHKA)

Data file: NPL2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1684
End: 1684
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
449. I would like to talk to you about checks on your health after delivery, for example, someone asking you questions about your health or examining you. Did anyone check on your health after you gave birth to (NAME)?

YES 1
NO 2 (SKIP TO 453)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 last-born children under age 5 who were either a) delivered at home/away from a medical facility, or b) delivered at a medical facility where their mother did not receive a health check before being discharged, DELPPCHKA (M66) indicates whether the child's mother received a postpartum health check sometime after the delivery of the child.

concept

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