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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Midwife gave delivery care (Pakistan) (C_DELPK8)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1408
End: 1408
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
429) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE(S) OF PERSON(S) AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED. IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE B
MIDWIFE C
LHV D
CMW E

OTHER PERSON

DAI/TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
FAMILY WELFARE WK G
LADY H. WORKER H
HOMEOPATH I
HAKIM J
RELATIVE/FRIEND K

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
NO ONE ASSISTED Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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 five years preceding the survey, DELPK8 indicates whether a midwife assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Pakistan.

Some samples in the "DEL" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

DELPK8 is combined with DELPK1 (nurse) for the 2017 Pakistan sample to create the standard variable DELNURM. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DELPK8 are encouraged to review DELNURM for this more comprehensive response category.

concept

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