Description

ANKNOWTRAD indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported a traditional healer as a source for receiving antenatal care.

Some samples in the "ANKNOW" 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 example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of traditional healers that could be combined to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in ANKNOWTRAD.

Comparability — Index

Comparability

In addition to universe differences, ANKNOWTRAD varies slightly in question wording. Most commonly, this response category is organized under a "Other Sector" header and is worded as "Traditional healer." However, some countries diverge from this standard convention, and, in some cases, multiple categories were consolidated to form a single, more comprehensive response. ANKNOWTRAD is ultimately concerned with whether the woman mentioned any traditional healer as a place to receive antenatal care, rather than the specific type of healer. Countries of particular interest are noted below.

Comparability - Standard DHS

ANKNOWTRAD is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe