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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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Jan 16, 2021
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Applied to umbilical cord: Chlorhexidine (last birth) (W_DELUMBTRCHLOR_01)

Data file: NPL2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1430
End: 1430
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
434E. What was placed on the stump?

OIL A
ASH B
VERMILON C
OINTMENT/POWDER D
ANIMAL DUNG E
TURMERIC F
GHEE G
CHLOROHEXIDINE (NAVI MALAM/KAWACH) H
METHYLATED SPIRIT I
LOCAL HERBS J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
DELUMBTRCHLOR_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported that chlorhexidine was applied to the stump of her child's umbilical cord (for the last birth) Chlorhexidine is an antiseptic and disinfectant recommended by the World Health Organization for cord care.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Newborn care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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