Description

ANCARECG8_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported that a midwife gave antenatal care (for the last birth). This response category is country-specific to Congo Brazzaville.

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

ANCARECG8_01 is combined with ANCARECG7_01 (nurse) for the 2011 Congo Brazzaville sample to make the standard variable ANCARENURM_01. IPUMS DHS users interested in using ANCARECG8_01 are encouraged to review ANCARENURM_01 for this more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ANCARECG8_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question about who provided antenatal care is included in Phase II forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although ANCARECG8_01 is a country-specific response, it is combined with other responses in ANCARENURM_01, a standard variable that encompasses nurses/midwives as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCARECG8_01 or the Comparability tab of ANCARENURM_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for 2011 Congo Brazzaville.

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