IPUMS DHS: descr: DELCORDCUTCL

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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DELCORDCUTCL_01 (DELCORDCUTCL_01)

Clean blade used to cut umbilical cord (last birth)

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DELCORDCUTCL_01 indicates whether the respondent's umbilical cord was cut with a clean blade (for the last birth).

DELCORDCUTCL_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DELCORDCUTCL_01 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

India 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth at home in the 5 years before the survey.
India 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth at home in the 5 years before the survey.

India: 2005-W, 2005-W, 2015-W, 2015-W