Description
ANCNOMAIN_ALL reports the main reason why the woman did not receive antenatal care.
ANCNOMAIN_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (ANCNOMAIN_01) up to, potentially, the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., ANCNOMAIN_02, ANCNOMAIN_03, ANCNOMAIN_04, ANCNOMAIN_05, and ANCNOMAIN_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If ANCNOMAIN_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Along with universe differences, ANCNOMAIN_ALL varies across samples in the number and type of response categories. To increase comparability, IPUMS-DHS uses composite coding for this variable. Responses related to not seeing a need for such services share a common first digit of 1; responses related to service problems share a common first digit of 2; other reasons share a common first digit of 3.
Comparability - Standard DHS
ANCNOMAIN_ALL is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Comparability — India [top]
The 1998 India survey collected this information for the last birth and the second-to-last birth only; the 1992 India survey collected this information for additional births.
Universe
- India 1992: Ever-married women age 13-49 who gave birth in the 4 years before the survey and who did not receive antenatal care for the pregnancy.
- India 1998: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey and who did not receive antenatal care for the pregnancy.
- Yemen 1991: Ever-married women age 15-54 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and who did not receive antenatal care for the pregnancy.
