DELUMBTROTH_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.
0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)
Description
DELUMBTROTH_ALL indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported that some other treatment was applied to the stump of her child's umbilical cord. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.
DELUMBTROTH_ALL consists of a set of six separate variables, covering the most recent birth (DELUMBTROTH_01) up to the sixth-most-recent birth (i.e., DELUMBTROTH_02, DELUMBTROTH_03, DELUMBTROTH_04, DELUMBTROTH_05, and DELUMBTROTH_06) during the reference period prior to the survey. If DELUMBTROTH_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.
For most surveys, this information was collected for only the most recent birth (DELUMBTROTH_01). Surveys in which the data were collected for additional births are noted in the comparability section.
Comparability — Index
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Comparability
Apart from universe differences and slight differences in question wording, DELUMBTROTH_ALL is largely comparable across samples.
Comparability - Standard DHS
DELUMBTROTH_ALL is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire, but it is part of a series in the standard newborn care module for Phase VII.
Comparability — Ethiopia [top]
The 2016 Ethiopia survey collected information for this variable for all births in the reference period.
Universe
- Bangladesh 2007: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, delivered their last-born child at home, and knew what was used to cut the umbilical cord.
- Bangladesh 2011: Ever-married women age 12-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
- Bangladesh 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 3 years before the survey.
- Ethiopia 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey, and for whom something was applied to the umbilical cord of their last-born child.
- Nepal 2011: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey and delivered their last-born child at home.
- Nepal 2016: Women age 15-49 who gave birth in the 5 years before the survey.
