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Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009
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Reference ID
LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Important for mother/child health to get assistance at delivery (M_FEMNEEDELHELP)

Data file: LSO2009-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 343
End: 343
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
614 I will now read you some statements about pregnancy. Please tell me if you agree or disagree with them.

a) Childbearing is a woman's concern and there is no need for the father to get involved.

AGREE 1
DISAGREE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b) Assistance from a doctor or nurse to a woman at delivery is crucial for the mother's and child's health.

AGREE 1
DISAGREE 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
FEMNEEDELHELP (MV747B) indicates whether the male respondent agrees with the statement that it is important for the mother's and child's health to get assistance at delivery.

According to the DHS Recode Manual for Phase V forward, this variable is intended to gauge "Husband's perception about woman's pregnancy."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Childrearing attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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