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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave delivery care (C_DELTBA)

Data file: IND2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1475
End: 1475
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
438. 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 PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
ANM/NURSE/MIDWIFE/LHV B
OTHER HEALTH PERSONNEL C

OTHER PERSON

DAI (TBA) D
FRIEND/RELATIVE E

OTHER (SPECIFY) _________ X
NO ONE Y
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELTBA (M3G) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant assisted with the child's delivery. Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

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