Description

HCHHMATERNAL indicates whether a member of the household received health care from a health facility in the past 12 months, in the form of prenatal, postnatal, or delivery care.

The information in HCHHMATERNAL is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

Comparability

HCHHMATERNAL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

HCHHMATERNAL is a country-specific variable not included in the standard DHS household questionnaire.

Universe