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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009
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KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Why not delivered in health facility: Facility not open (C_DELHMHRS)

Data file: KEN2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1534
End: 1534
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
443. Why didn't you deliver in a health facility? PROBE: Any other reason?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.
[Most recent birth within the last five years]

COST TOO MUCH A
FACILITY NOT OPEN B
TOO FAR/ NO TRANSPORTATION C
DON'T TRUST FACILITY/POOR QUALITY SERVICE D
NO FEMALE PROVIDER AT FACILITY E
HUSBAND/FAMILY DID NOT ALLOW F
NOT NECESSARY G
NOT CUSTOMARY H
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ 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 last-born children born at home in the five years before the survey, DELHMHRS (M65B) indicates whether the health facility not being open was a reason why the child was not delivered in a health facility. The interviewer recorded all reasons mentioned.

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