Description

For women who gave birth in the last 5 years and who received antenatal care during their most recent pregnancy, ANNM4_01 indicates whether they received care at a government health care clinic. This response category is country-specific to Namibia.

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.

ANCNM4_01 (government health care clinic) is combined with ANCNM3_01 (government health center) in ANCPUBHC_01 (all public health centers) for the 2013 Namibia survey. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCNM4_01 are encouraged to review ANCPUBHC_01 for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ANCNM4_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 ANCNM4_01 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in ANCPUBHC_01, a variable that encompasses all public health centers as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCNM4_01 or the Comparability tab of ANCPUBHC_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for Namibia 2013.

Universe