Codes and Frequencies
Description
DELHMNOTIM_01 indicates whether being unable to get to a health facility in time was a reason why the respondent did not deliver her most recent child in a health facility. The interviewer recorded all reasons mentioned.
DELHMNOTIM_01was not represented by a standardized response category on the survey form, but rather was based on written-in responses next to the label "Other."
The interpretation of this variable may thus vary across samples; see Comparability.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Along with universe differences, DELHMNOTIM_01 has differences in interpretation across samples. The broad substantive meaning of the variable -- whether being unable to get to the health facility in time was a reason why the most recent delivery did not occur there -- is consistent across those samples that include the variable.
As noted in the Description tab, DELHMNOTIM_01 was based on written-in "Other" reasons conveying some version of being unable to reach a health facility in time, rather on than a standard response category on the survey form. Only a subset of surveys inquiring about reasons for home delivery created a variable about lack of time; other surveys left this rationale among the responses included in a general "other reasons" variable (DELHMOTH_01).
Comparability - Standard DHS
DELHMNOTIM_01 is a non-standard variable present in some sample datasets from DHS Phase 5 forward.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The 2006 Nepal survey includes "Child born before" as a write-in response category.
Comparability — Yemen [top]
The 2013 Yemen survey includes "emergency labor" as a response category.
Universe
- Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Egypt 2008: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Nepal 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Pakistan 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Uganda 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Yemen 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Zambia 2007: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
- Zimbabwe 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and gave birth at home.
