Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998

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Reference ID

GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Midwife gave delivery care for last birth (Ghana) (W_DELGH2_01)

Data file: GHA1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 874

End: 874

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSONS AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE B
MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
UNTRAINED TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT E

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 three to five years, DELGH2_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a midwife gave delivery care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

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.

DELGH2_01 is combined with DELGH1_01 (nurse) for the 1993 and 1998 Ghana samples to create the standard variable DELNURM_01. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DELGH2_01 are encouraged to review DELNURM_01 for this more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept

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

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