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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
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ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant, training uncertain, gave delivery care (Zimbabwe) (C_DELZW1)

Data file: ZWE2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1586
End: 1586
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
434) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B

TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE

TRAINED C
UNTRAINED D
UNSURE ABOUT TRAINING E

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X

NO ONE Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELZW1 indicates whether a traditional birth attendant with unknown training assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.

concept

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