DELUMBTRDK_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
DELUMBTRDK_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported that she does not know what was applied to the stump of her child's umbilical cord.
DELUMBTRDK_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELUMBTRDK_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELUMBTRDK_02, DELUMBTRDK_03, DELUMBTRDK_04, DELUMBTRDK_05, and DELUMBTRDK_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELUMBTRDK_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
For most surveys, this information was collected for only the most recent birth (DELUMBTRDK_01). Surveys in which the data were collected for additional births are noted in the comparability section.
Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, DELUMBTRDK_ALL has no comparability problems.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DELUMBTRDK_ALL is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is part of a series in the standard newborn care module for Phase VII. DELUMBTRDK_ALL is a country-specific response.
Universe
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, delivered their last-born child at home, and knew what was used to cut the umbilical cord.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey.
- Bangladesh 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and delivered their last-born child at home.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, and for whom something was applied to the umbilical cord after it was cut.
