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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May 14, 2020

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Person who gave delivery care at child's birth (C_DELPER)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 685

End: 686

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

405. Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? PROBE FOR 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	Nurse, midwife
23	Trained midwife
24	Traditional midwife
25	Birth attendant
26	Matrone
30	Unspecified personnel at health center
40	Friend or relative
41	Relative
42	Husband
50	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

For children born in the three to five years before the survey, DELPER (M3) indicates the type of person who assisted with delivery at the child's birth.

concept

Concept

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

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