Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset
Tanzania, 1996
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Main reason mother did not go to health facility for delivery (C_DELHMWHY)
Data file: TZA1996-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1157
End:
1158
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
412B. Why did you deliver (NAME) at home?
PREFERRED AT HOME 1
TOO EXPENSIVE AT OUTSIDE 2
SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE 3
DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO 4
COULD NOT REACH CLINIC ON TIME 5
OTHER REASON (SPECIFY) ________________ 6
PREFERRED AT HOME 1
TOO EXPENSIVE AT OUTSIDE 2
SERVICE NOT AVAILABLE 3
DOES NOT KNOW WHERE TO GO 4
COULD NOT REACH CLINIC ON TIME 5
OTHER REASON (SPECIFY) ________________ 6
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Preferred at home |
| 11 | Not necessary |
| 12 | Not customary |
| 13 | Poor quality service |
| 14 | Better care at home |
| 15 | Family did not allow |
| 20 | Cost too much |
| 30 | Too far/no transport/unavailable |
| 40 | No time to go |
| 50 | Lack of knowledge/DK place |
| 60 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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 before the survey, DELHMWHY reports the main reason why the child was delivered at home or not at a health facility.
DELHMWHY differs in structure from the standard DHS variables on why the child was not delivered in a health facility. For most such variables, the interviewer asked the mother an open-ended question, "Why didn't you deliver in a health facility? Any other reason?" and recorded all responses, which were then turned into non-mutually exclusive dichotomous variables. By contrast, DELHMWHY required the respondent to state the main reason why she delivered the child at home and recorded a single response.
DELHMWHY differs in structure from the standard DHS variables on why the child was not delivered in a health facility. For most such variables, the interviewer asked the mother an open-ended question, "Why didn't you deliver in a health facility? Any other reason?" and recorded all responses, which were then turned into non-mutually exclusive dichotomous variables. By contrast, DELHMWHY required the respondent to state the main reason why she delivered the child at home and recorded a single response.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child delivery care, general Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |