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DELSN2_ALL (DELSN2_ALL)
Midwife gave delivery care (Senegal)
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DELSN2_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.

Codes

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

Description

For women who gave birth in the last five years, DELSN2_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported a midwife gave delivery care. This response category is country-specific to Senegal.

DELSN2_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELSN2_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELSN2_02, DELSN2_03, DELSN2_04, DELSN2_05, and DELSN2_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELSN1_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.

DELSN2_ALL is combined with DELSN1_ALL (nurse) for the 2005, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019 Senegal samples to create the standard variable DELNURM_ALL (nurse/midwife). IPUMS-DHS users interested in using DELSN2_ALL are encouraged to review DELNURM_ALL for this more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

DELSN2_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 DELSN2_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 DELSN2_ALL or the Comparability tab of DELNURM_ALL for more information on the specific categories combined for Senegal 2005, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2019.

Universe

  • Senegal 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Senegal: 2005-W, 2005-W, 2010-W, 2010-W, 2012-W, 2012-W, 2014-W, 2014-W, 2015-W, 2015-W, 2016-W, 2016-W, 2017-W, 2017-W