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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 1996
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BEN_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan, de la Restructuration Économique et de la Promotion de l'Emploi, Institut National de la Statistique et de l'Analyse Économique, Bureau Central de Recensement [Bénin], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Community/village health worker gave delivery care for last birth (Benin) (W_DELBJ1_01)

Data file: BEN1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 946
End: 946
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
413) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS MENTIONED.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
VILLAGE HEALTH AGENT (COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER) E
RELATIVE/FRIEND F

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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELBJ1_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a community/village health worker gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Burkina Faso.

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