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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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Relative gave delivery care (C_DELREL)

Data file: MWI2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1461
End: 1461
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
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELREL (M3H) indicates whether a relative assisted with the child's delivery.

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

concept

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