Description

For women who gave birth in the last 5 years and who received antenatal care during their most recent pregnancy, ANCTZ8_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported receiving care at a religious referral/specialist hospital. This response category is country-specific to Tanzania.

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.

ANCTZ8_01 is combined with ANCTZ9_01 (religious district hospital), ANCTZ10_01 (religious health center), and ANCTZ11_01 (religious dispensary) in ANCPRIVMIS_01 (all faith-based facilities) for the 2004, 2010, 2015 Tanzania samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCTZ8_01 are encouraged to review ANCPRIVMIS_01 for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ANCTZ8_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 ANCTZ8_01 is a country-specific response, this variable is combined with other responses in ANCPRIVMIS_01, a variable that encompasses all faith-based facilities as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCTZ8_01 or the Comparability tab of ANCPRIVMIS_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for Tanzania 2004, 2010, and 2015.

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