0 = No
1 = Yes
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)

Description

DELCG2_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a midwife gave delivery case for a recent birth. This response category is country-specific to Congo Brazzaville.

DELCG2_ALL consists of a set of up to five separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELCG2_01) up to the fifth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELCG2_02, DELCG2_03, DELCG2_04, and DELCG2_05) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELCG2_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

Some samples in the "DEL" 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.

DELCG2_ALL is combined with DELCG1_ALL (nurse) for the 2005 and 2011 Congo Brazzaville samples to create the standard variable DELNURM_ALL (nurse/midwife). IPUMS DHS users interested in using DELCG2_ALL are encouraged to review DELNURM_ALL for this more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

DELCG2_ALL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

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

Although DELCG2_ALL is a country-specific response, it is combined with other responses in DELNURM_ALL, a standard variable that encompasses nurses/midwives as sources of delivery care. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of DELCG2_ALL or the Comparability tab of DELNURM_ALL for more information on the specific categories combined for Congo Brazzaville 2005 and 2011.

Universe