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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2004
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MWI_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Doctor/clinical officer gave delivery care (Malawi) (C_DELMW2)

Data file: MWI2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1464
End: 1464
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
426. Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY
ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR/CLINICAL OFFICER A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
PATIENT ATTENDANT C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
RELATIVE/FRIEND E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X

NO ONE Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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 five years preceding the survey, DELMW2 indicates whether a doctor/clinical officer assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Malawi.

concept

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