Description

For women who gave birth in the last 5 years and who received antenatal care during their most recent pregnancy, ANCBD4_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported receiving care from a private "qualified doctor." This response category is country-specific to Bangladesh.

Some samples in the "ANC" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

ANCBD4_01 is combined with ANCBD5_01 (private "unqualified [traditional] doctor") in ANCPRIVDR_01 (all private doctors) for the 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2018 Bangladesh samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCBD4_01 are encouraged to review ANCPRIVDR_01 for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

Apart from slight universe differences, ANCBD4_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question on where antenatal care was sought is included in Phase V forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although ANCBD4_01 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in ANCPRIVDR_01, a variable that encompasses all private doctors as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCBD4_01 or the Comparability tab of ANCPRIVDR_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for Bangladesh 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2018.

Universe