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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1999
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Reference ID
ZWE_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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Traditional birth attendant, training uncertain, gave delivery care (Zimbabwe) (C_DELZW1)

Data file: ZWE1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1158
End: 1158
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
415) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)?
Anyone else?
PROBE FOR THE TYPE OF PERSON AND RECORD ALL PERSONS ASSISTING.

HEALTH PROFESSIONAL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B

TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE

TRAINED C
UNTRAINED D
TRAINING UNCERTAIN E

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
NO ON Y (SKIP TO 417)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 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 preceding the survey, DELZW1 indicates whether a traditional birth attendant with unknown training assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Zimbabwe.

concept

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