ANCAREDATE_ALL
(M42J_ALL)Codes and Frequencies
Description
ANCAREDATE_ALL (M42J_ALL) indicates whether the woman was told her expected delivery date at least once during antenatal care.
ANCAREDATE_ALL consists of a set of up to four separate variables, covering the most recent birth or stillbirth (ANCAREDATE_01) up to the fourth-most recent birth or stillbirth (i.e., ANCAREDATE_02, ANCAREDATE_03, ANCAREDATE_04) during the reference period prior to the survey. If ANCAREDATE_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcherâs data file. For samples prior to DHS Phase 8, only ANCAREDATE_01 may be available as a country-specific variable.
Comparability
Along with universe differences, ANCAREDATE_ALL (M42J_ALL) differs across samples in the source variable name, the reference period, and whether the antenatal care covered recent stillbirths as well as births. Beginning in Phase 8, this variable is given a standard name and refers to antenatal care for births and stillbirths in the three years before the survey. Earlier, country-specific versions of this variable related to antenatal care for births in the five years prior to the survey.
Comparability - Standard DHS
ANCAREDATE_ALL (M42J_ALL) is included in the standard DHS questionnaire beginning in DHS Phase 8.
Universe
- Cambodia 2021: Women age 15-49 who received antenatal care for her most recent birth or stillbirth in the three years before the survey.
- India 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the five years before the survey and received any antenatal care.
- Jordan 2023: Ever-married women age 15-49 who received antenatal care for her most recent birth or stillbirth in the three years before the survey.
