DELPPCHKA_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
For women who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and delivered their child at home, away from a medical facility, or who delivered their child at a medical facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged from the health facility, DELPPCHKA_ALL (M66_x) indicates whether the woman received a postpartum health check sometime after the delivery of her child.
DELPPCHKA_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELPPCHKA_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELPPCHKA_02, DELPPCHKA_03, DELPPCHKA_04, DELPPCHKA_05, and DELPPCHKA_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELPPCHKA_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 DELPPCHKA_06 would not be available for that survey in IPUMS-DHS.
Many surveys, specified in the Comparability section, collected this information for the most recent birth only (DELPPCHKA_01).
Comparability — Index
Comparability
DELPPCHKA_ALL (M66_x) varies across samples in terms of which women are asked this question. Users should be attentive to the "Universe" tab above when using this variable. Apart from universe differences and minor variation in question wording, DELPPCHKA_ALL (M66_x) is comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DELPPCHKA_ALL (M66_x) first appears in phase V of the standard DHS questionnaire and is consistent and included in all subsequent phases.
Comparability — Afghanistan [top]
The 2015 Afghanistan survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Angola [top]
The 2015 Angola survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The 2011 and 2014 Bangladesh surveys collected this information for the most birth only.
Comparability — Benin [top]
The 2006 and 2017 Benin surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2011 Benin collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Burkina Faso [top]
The 2010 Burkina Faso survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Burundi [top]
The 2010 and 2016 Burundi surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Cameroon [top]
The 2011 Cameroon survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Chad [top]
The 2014 Chad survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Congo (Democratic Republic) [top]
The 2013 Congo Democratic Republic survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Cote d'Ivoire [top]
The 2011 Cote d'Ivoire survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Egypt [top]
The 2014 Egyptian survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2005 Egyptian survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Ethiopia [top]
The 2011 and 2016 Ethiopian surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
The 2016 Ethiopia survey asks whether the woman received a health check after leaving the health facility, even if she received a health check before discharge.
Comparability — Ghana [top]
The 2014 Ghana survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2008 Ghana survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Guinea [top]
The 2018 Guinea survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2012 Guinea survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — India [top]
The 2015 India survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2005 India survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Jordan [top]
The 2007 Jordan survey collected this information for the most recent birth only if the child received a health check before discharge after being born at a health facility. For other children, the 2007 Jordan survey collected this information on additional births. The 2012 and 2017 Jordan surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Kenya [top]
The 2014 Kenya survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2008 Kenya survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Lesotho [top]
The 2009 and 2014 Lesotho surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Liberia [top]
The 2013 Liberia survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2007 Liberia survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Malawi [top]
The 2010 Malawi survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Mali [top]
The 2012 Mali survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Mozambique [top]
The 2011 Mozambique survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Myanmar [top]
The 2015 Myanmar survey collected this information on the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Namibia [top]
The 2013 Namibia survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2006 Namibia survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The 2011 and 2016 Nepal surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2006 Nepal survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Nigeria [top]
The 2013 Nigerian survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2008 Nigerian survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
The 2012 and 2017 Pakistan surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2006 Pakistan survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Rwanda [top]
The 2010 and 2014 Rwandan surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
The 2017 Senegal survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — South Africa [top]
The 2016 South Africa survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Tanzania [top]
The 2010 and 2015 Tanzania surveys collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Uganda [top]
The 2016 Uganda survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
The 2016 Uganda survey asks whether the woman received a health check after leaving the health facility, even if she received a health check before discharge.
Comparability — Yemen [top]
The 2013 Yemen survey collected this information for the most recent birth only.
Comparability — Zambia [top]
The 2013 Zambian survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2007 Zambian survey collected this information for additional births.
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
The 2010 Zimbabwe survey collected this information for the most recent birth only. The 2005 Zimbabwe survey collected this information for additional births.
Universe
- Afghanistan 2015: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Angola 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Benin 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Benin 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Benin 2017: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Burkina Faso 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Burundi 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Burundi 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Cameroon 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Cameroon 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Chad 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Congo (Democratic Republic) 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Congo Brazzaville 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Cote d'Ivoire 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Egypt 2005: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Egypt 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Ethiopia 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Ethiopia 2019: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Ghana 2008: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Ghana 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Guinea 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Guinea 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- India 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- India 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Jordan 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Jordan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Jordan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Kenya 2008: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Kenya 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged, in households selected for the long questionnaire.
- Lesotho 2009: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Lesotho 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Liberia 2007: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Liberia 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Madagascar 2008: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Malawi 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Mali 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Mali 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Mozambique 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Myanmar 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Namibia 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Namibia 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nepal 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Niger 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility (that was not categorized as "other public or private") and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nigeria 2008: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nigeria 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Nigeria 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Pakistan 2006: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Pakistan 2012: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Pakistan 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Rwanda 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Rwanda 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2012: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2014: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Senegal 2017: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- South Africa 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Tanzania 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Tanzania 2015: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, and who delivered their last birth in any location other than at a trained birth attendant's premises.
- Togo 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Uganda 2006: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Uganda 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Uganda 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Yemen 2013: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Zambia 2007: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Zambia 2013: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Zambia 2018: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Zimbabwe 2005: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
- Zimbabwe 2010: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and either a) had their last birth away from a health facility or b) gave birth at a health facility and did not receive a health check before being discharged.
