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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2016
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NPL_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Nepal; New ERA; and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Preparation for delivery: Other (last birth) (W_DELPREPOTH_01)

Data file: NPL2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1377
End: 1377
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
413H. What kind of preparation did you or your family make beforehand for the delivery of (NAME)? Anything else?
CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.

SAVED MONEY A
ARRANGED FOR TRANSPORT B
LOOKED FOR BLOOD DONOR C
CONTACTED HEALTH WORKER TO HELP WITH DELIVERY D
BOUGHT SAFE DELIVERY KIT E
ARRANGED FOOD F
ARRANGED CLOTHES G
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ X
NO PREPARATION Y
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
DELPREPOTH_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported doing some other preparation for her child's birth (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

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