Description

For women who gave birth in the last 5 years and who received antenatal care during their most recent pregnancy, ANCMM1_01 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, they reported receiving care from Marie Stopes International, an NGO. This response category is country-specific to Myanmar.

Some samples in the "ANC" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For the 2015 Myanmar samples, ANCMM1_01 is combined with ANCMM2_01 (Myanmar Red Cross), ANCMM3_01 (Population Services International [Sun Quality Network]), ANCMM4_01 (Myanmar Medical Association), and ANCMM5_01 (other NGO) in ANCNGO_01 (all NGOs). IPUMS-DHS users interested in using ANCMM1_01 are encouraged to review ANCNGO_01 for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

ANCMM1_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

An open-ended question on where antenatal care was sought is included in Phase V forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although ANCMM1_01 is a country-specific response, it is combined with other responses in ANCNGO_01, a standard variable that encompasses all NGOs as sources of antenatal care. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of ANCMM1_01 or the comparability tab of ANCNGO_01 for more information on the specific categories combined for Myanmar 2015.

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