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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Other person gave prenatal care (last birth) (W_ANCAREOTH_01)

Data file: ZAF1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1031
End: 1031
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
407 When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you go for antenatal care for this pregnancy?
IF YES: Whom did you see? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS SEEN.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D

OTHER (SPECIFY) ________________X
NO ONE Y (SKIP TO 410)
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, ANCAREOTH_01 (M2K_1) indicates whether some other person gave antenatal 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 antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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