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Demographic and Health Survey 1999-2000 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 1999 - 2000
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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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Unqualified doctor gave delivery care (Bangladesh) (C_DELBD2)

Data file: BGD2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1022
End: 1022
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

QUALIFIED DOCTOR A
NURSE OR MIDWIFE B
FAMILY WELFARE VISITOR C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT (TTBA) D
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E
UNQUALIFIED DOCTOR F

RELATIVES G
OTHER (SPECIFY) Z
NO ONE Z
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 children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELBD2 indicates whether an unqualified doctor assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Bangladesh.

concept

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