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Demographic and Health Survey 1993-1994 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1993 - 1994
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BGD_1993_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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Traditional birth attendant gave prenatal care (C_ANCARETBA)

Data file: BGD1994-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 724
End: 724
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
405. When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you see anyone for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
RECORD ALL PERSONS SEEN.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE OR MIDWIFE B
FAMILY WELFARE VISITOR C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED (TRADITIONAL) BIRTH ATTENDANT D
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E

OTHER (SPECIFY) F
NO ONE G (GO TO 409)
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
ANCARETBA (M2G) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave the child's mother antenatal care while the child was in utero. Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

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

concept

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