Home / Central Data Catalog / IPUMS / AFG_2015_DHS_V01_M_V01_A_IPUMS / variable [C]
ipums

Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Afghanistan, 2015
Get Microdata
Reference ID
AFG_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Central Statistics Organization (CSO) [Afghanistan], Ministry of Public Health (MoPH) [Afghanistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
May 01, 2020
Last modified
May 14, 2020
Page views
193282

Community health worker gave delivery care (Afghanistan) (C_DELAF1)

Data file: AFG2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1285
End: 1285
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
433. Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?

PROBE FOR ALL THE TYPE(S) OF PERSON(S) AND RECORD ALL MENTIONED. IF RESPONDENT SAYS NO ONE ASSISTED, PROBE TO DETERMINE WHETHER ANY ADULTS WERE PRESENT AT THE DELIVERY.

HEALTH PERSONNEL

DOCTOR A
NURSE/MIDWIFE B
AUXILIARY MIDWIFE C

OTHER PERSON

TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT D
COM. HEALTH WK E
RELATIVE/FRIEND F

OTHER_________X
NO ONE ASSISTED Y
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, DELAF1 indicates whether a community health worker assisted with the child's delivery. This response category is country-specific to Afghanistan.

concept

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

This site uses cookies to optimize functionality and give you the best possible experience. If you continue to navigate this website beyond this page, cookies will be placed on your browser. To learn more about cookies, click here.