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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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Traditional birth attendant, training uncertain, gave delivery care for last birth (Malawi) (W_DELMW4_01)

Data file: MWI1992-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 726
End: 726
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, DELMW4_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a traditional birth attendant with unknown training gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Malawi.

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