IPUMS DHS: descr: DELTRAVTIME

IPUMS DHS

Demographic and Health Surveys

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DELTRAVTIME_01 (DELTRAVTIME_01)

Travel time (minutes) to health facility for delivery (last birth)

DELTRAVTIME_01 is a 3-digit numeric variable.

Codes

997 = Don't know
998 = Missing
999 = NIU (not in universe)

Description

DELTRAVTIME_01 reports the number of minutes it took the respondent to reach the health facility where she delivered the child (for the last birth).

Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, DELTRAVTIME_01 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

DELTRAVTIME_01 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and delivered their last-born child at a health facility.
Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and delivered their last-born child at a health facility.

Nepal: 2011-W, 2011-W, 2016-W, 2016-W