IPUMS DHS: descr: DELREFFROMWHY

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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DELREFFROMWHY_01 (DELREFFROMWHY_01)

Reason why mother left referring health facility for delivery facility (last birth)

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An 'X' indicates the category is available for that sample

Code	Label	bang 18	nigera 18
1	Problem during labor, emergency	X	X
2	Health professional wasn't available	X	X
3	Facility was too crowded, no bed available	X	X
4	Facility wasn't open	·	X
5	Referred to new health facility	X	·
6	Referring facility too expensive	X	·
7	Other	X	X
9	NIU (not in universe)	X	X

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Bangladesh 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey and who delivered the last-born child in a health facility, who traveled to the delivery facility from another health facility.
Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in five years before the survey, who gave birth in a health facility, and who traveled from another health facility to reach the delivery facility.

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