Description

For women who gave birth in the five years before the survey, and whose last-born child had a health check after discharge from place of delivery, PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL reports where the child's health checkup took place.

PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (PNBABCKDISLOC_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., PNBABCKDISLOC_02, PNBABCKDISLOC_03, PNBABCKDISLOC_04, PNBABCKDISLOC_05, and PNBABCKDISLOC_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

This variable differs from the similar variable PNBABCKLOC_01 in that PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL is specifically about checkups after discharge from a medical facility, whereas PNBABCKLOC_01 reports the location where the child's postnatal health checkup took place irrespective of discharge from a medical facility.

Comparability

PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL has no comparability problems.

The harmonized coding categories in the IPUMS-DHS variable PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL reflect the major and minor categories in the DHS variable PNBABCKLOC_01 (M53_1). The major categories are:

• 1000: Home
• 2000: Public sector facilities
• 3000: Private medical sector facilities
• 4000: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• 5000: Religious/mission facilities

The second, third, and fourth digits of PNBABCKDISLOC_ALL's codes distinguish between specific locations and provide detail present in only some samples.

Comparability - Standard DHS

PNBABCKDISLOC_01 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS women's questionnaire.

Universe