Description

For women who gave birth in the last 5 years and who received antenatal care during their most recent pregnancy, ANCBD9_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported receiving care from an NGO satellite clinic. 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.

ANCBD9_01 is combined with ANCBD8_01 (NGO static clinic) and ANCBD10_01 (other NGO) in ANCNGO_01 (all NGOs) for the 2007, 2011, and 2014 Bangladesh samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCBD9_01 are encouraged to review ANCNGO_01 for a more comprehensive response category.

For the 2018 Bangladesh samples, ANCBD9_01 is combined with ANCBD8_01 (NGO static clinic) in ANCNGO_01 (all NGOs) for the 2018 Bangladesh samples.

Comparability

Apart from slight universe differences, ANCBD9_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 ANCBD9_01 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in ANCNGO_01, a variable that encompasses all nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCBD9_01 or the Comparability tab of ANCNGO_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for Bangladesh 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2018.

Universe