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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Traditional birth attendant gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELTBA_01)

Data file: MDG1997-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 787
End: 787
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
413. Who assisted you with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE(S) OF PERSON(S) AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE B
MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ASSISTANT 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 women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELTBA_01 (M3G_1) indicates whether a traditional birth attendant gave delivery care (for the last birth). Wording for this response category varied across samples. See Comparability.

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

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