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

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