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Demographic and Health Survey 1996-1997 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1996 - 1997
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BGD_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates, and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Doctor gave delivery care (C_DELDOC)

Data file: BGD1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 917
End: 917
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 ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE OR MIDWIFE B
FAMILY WELFARE VISITOR C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E
RELATIVE 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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELDOC (M3A) indicates whether a doctor assisted with the child's delivery.

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

concept

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