Codes and Frequencies
Description
DELREFFROM_01 reports the type of health facility that referred or sent the mother to the health facility where the child's delivery occurred (for the last birth).
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, DELREFFROM_01 has no comparability problems.
The harmonized coding categories in the IPUMS-DHS variable DELREFFROM_01 were constructed to reflect the major and minor categories within the variable. The major categories are:
- 1000: Public sector facilities
- 2000: Private medical sector facilities
- 3000: NGO facilities
The second, third, and fourth digits of DELREFFROMâs codes distinguish between specific locations and provide additional detail.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DELREFFROM_01 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.
Universe
- 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 the 5 years before the survey, who gave birth in a health facility, and who traveled from another health facility to reach the delivery facility.
