Definition
For children whose mothers received antenatal care, ANCML3 indicates whether they received care at a public "reference health center." This response category is country-specific to Mali.
Some samples in the "ANC" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
ANCML3 is combined with ANCML4 (public community health center) in ANCPUBHC (all public health centers) for the 2012 Mali samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCML3 are encouraged to review ANCPUBHC for a more comprehensive response category.