Living Standards Survey 1997-1998

Viet Nam, 1997 - 1998

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VNM_1997_VLSS_v01_M

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General Statistical Office (GSO)

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Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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16. Who assisted you at the birth? FIRST (s8aq161)

Data file: SCR08A3

Overview

Valid: 4221

Invalid: 191

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 9

Type: Continuous

Decimal: 0

Start: 13

End: 13

Width: 1

Range: 1 - 9

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Who assisted you at the birth?
FIRST

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Doctor	987	23.4%
2	Physician's assistant	938	22.2%
3	Nurse	841	19.9%
4	midwife	519	12.3%
5	traditional midwife	614	14.5%
6	household member	203	4.8%
7	neighbor	90	2.1%
8	other	14	0.3%
9	unassisted birth	15	0.4%

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.

Interviewer instructions

Midwife: Is formally trained and provided with a specialised certificate on birth
assistance, maternal and new-born care pre or post delivery, and she knows how and what to do
during the delivery process.
traditional midwife: Is not formally trained but has practical experiences in assisting at
birth

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Definition

refering to the latest child born, that is the live born child that
the woman gave birth to most recently in relation to the interview date, regardless of whether that
child is currently dead or alive.

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