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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Clinical officer/medical assistant gave delivery care for last birth (Malawi) (W_DELMW1_01)

Data file: MWI1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 720
End: 720
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
412. 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/MIDWIFE B
CLINICAL OFFICER/MEDICAL ASSISTANT C

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT

TRAINED D
UNTRAINED E
TRAINING UNCERTAIN F

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ G
NO ONE H
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 five years, DELMW1_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a clinical officer/medical assistant gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Malawi.

concept

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