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ANCAREMG1_ALL (ANCAREMG1_ALL)
Nurse gave antenatal care (Madagascar)

ANCAREMG1_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 three to five years, ANCAREMG1_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported that a nurse gave antenatal care for a birth. This response category is country-specific to Madagascar.

ANCAREMG1_ALL consists of a set of up to six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (ANCAREMG1_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., ANCAREMG1_02, ANCAREMG1_03, ANCAREMG1_04, ANCAREMG1_05, and ANCAREMG1_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If ANCAREMG1_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

Some samples in the "ANCARE" 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.

ANCAREMG1_ALL is combined with ANCAREMG2_ALL (midwife) for the 1992, 1997, and 2021 Madagascar samples to make the standard variable ANCARENURM_ALL). IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCAREMG1_ALL are encouraged to review ANCARENURM_ALL for this more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

Apart from universe differences, ANCAREMG1_ALL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question about who provided antenatal care is included in Phase II forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Though ANCAREMG1_ALL is a country-specific response, it is combined with other responses in ANCARENURM_ALL, a standard variable that encompasses nurses/midwives as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCAREMG1_ALL or the Comparability tab of ANCARENURM_ALL for more information on the specific categories combined for Madagascar 1992, 1997, and 2021.

Universe

  • Madagascar 1992: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Madagascar 1997: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey.
  • Madagascar 2021: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
  • Madagascar: 1992-W, 1997-W, 2021-W