DELPL_ALL variables are 4-digit variables.

See DELPL_01 for the codes for these variables.

Description

For women who gave birth in the last three to five years, DELPL_ALL (M15_x) reports where she delivered her child. Response categories vary across samples. See Comparability.

DELPL_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELPL_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELPL_02, DELPL_03, DELPL_04, DELPL_05, and DELPL_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELPL_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

For surveys including this question, information for this variable was collected on all births, up to a maximum of six, in the reference period. In many cases, data were hypothetically collected on up to six births, but no women in the survey had so many births (e.g., no woman had 4 or more births in 3 years, or had 5 or 6 births in 5 years). If, for example, no woman in a survey had 6 births in five years and only blank values were included in the original DHS file, then DELPL_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS.

Comparability

Along with universe differences, the response categories for DELPL_ALL vary across samples.

The harmonized coding categories in the IPUMS-DHS variable DELPL_ALL were constructed to reflect the major and minor categories in the original DHS variable (M15_X). The major categories are:

• 1000: Home
• 2000: Public sector facilities
• 3000: Private medical sector facilities
• 4000: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs)
• 5000: Religious/mission facilities

The second, third, and fourth digits of DELPL_ALL's codes distinguish between specific locations and provide detail present in only some samples.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DELPL_ALL (M15_X) is included in Phase II forward of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Universe