Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2007

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Reference ID

COD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et Macro International., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Village matron gave delivery care for last birth (Democratic Republic of the Congo) (W_DELCD3_01)

Data file: COD2007-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1141

End: 1141

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

426) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?
Anyone else?

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON. RECORD ALL PERSONS MENTIONED.
IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED HER, PROBE TO DETERMINE IF ANY ADULT WAS PRESENT AT BIRTH.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE B
MIDWIFE C
BIRTH ATTENDANT D

OTHER PERSON

VILLAGE MATRON E
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER F
NEIGHBORHOOD/VILLAGE MOTHER G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X

NO ONE Y

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For women who gave birth in the last five years, DELCD3_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a village matron ("matrone de village") gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

concept

Concept

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

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