Home / Central Data Catalog / GIN_1999_DHS_V01_M_V02_A_IPUMS / variable [W]
central

Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999
Get Microdata
Reference ID
GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Metadata
DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Sep 19, 2018
Last modified
Sep 19, 2018
Page views
105487

Other person gave delivery care for last birth (W_DELOTH_01)

Data file: GIN1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1007
End: 1007
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
413. Who assisted you with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE TO OBTAIN THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED MIDWIFE/MATRON (NURSE) E
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
FRIENDS/RELATIVES/NEIGHBORS G

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, DELOTH_01 (M3K_1) indicates whether some other person gave delivery care (for the last birth). The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

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

concept

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