Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000

Reference ID

BGD_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT) [Bangladesh], Mitra and Associates (MA), and ORC Macro (ORCM)., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Aug 23, 2018

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Barrier to woman's health care: Getting permission (B_BHCPERMIT)

Data file: BGD2000-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 798

End: 799

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

480B. Many different factors can prevent women getting medical attention during the pregnancy and child birth. Sometimes women might have life threatening or serious situation during the pregnancy and childbirth. When you need medical advice or treatment for such situation, is each of the following a problem or no problem for you?

Knowing where to go.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Not having a health facility nearby.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Going to health center.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Lack of confidence on source or services.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Getting permission to go.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Getting money needed for treatment.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Getting someone to accompany.

PROBLEM 1
NO PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCPERMIT (V467B) indicates whether the woman reported "obtaining permission to go to the doctor/seek treatment" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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