Definition
For children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, DELBF1 indicates whether a nurse assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Burkina Faso.
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.
DELBF1 is combined with DELBF2 (midwife) for the 2010 Burkina Faso sample to create the standard variable DELNURM. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DELBF1 are encouraged to review DELNURM for this more comprehensive response category.