Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Person who gave antenatal care (C_ANCAREHP)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 682

End: 683

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

404. When you were pregnant with (NAME), did you see anyone for a check on this pregnancy? IF YES: Whom did you see?

PROBE FOR EACH TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD MOST QUALIFIED.

DOCTOR 1
TRAINED NURSE/MIDWIFE 2
TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 4
NO ONE 5

Categories

Value	Category
00	No one
10	Doctor
20	Nurse, midwife, birth attendant
21	Trained nurse
22	Trained midwife
23	Nurse, midwife
24	Birth attendant
25	Traditional birth attendant/matrone/midwife
26	Hospital/clinic staff
30	Unspecified personnel at health center
40	Other
98	Missing

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

ANCAREHP (M2) reports the type of health care personnel (if any) who gave prenatal care to the child's mother while the child was in utero. Response categories vary across samples. See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child antenatal care, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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