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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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Reference ID
PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Other person gave delivery care (C_DELOTH)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1399
End: 1399
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
429) Who assisted with the delivery of (NAME)? Anyone else?
PROBE FOR 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 B
MIDWIFE C
LHV D
CMW E

OTHER PERSON

DAI/TRADITIONAL BIRTH ATTENDANT F
FAMILY WELFARE WK G
LADY H. WORKER H
HOMEOPATH I
HAKIM J
RELATIVE/FRIEND K

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
NO ONE ASSISTED Y
Categories
Value Category
9 NIU (not in universe)
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, DELOTH (M3K) indicates whether some other person assisted with the child's delivery. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

Women could report more than one type of healthcare (or traditional) provider.

concept

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