Codes and Frequencies
Description
ANCAREOTHUNSKILL includes survey-specific responses not included elsewhere that were specified on the questionnaire as "traditional" (i.e., not a health professional). Examples of such workers include NGO workers, village health volunteers, religious birth attendants, etc.
Comparability — Index
Comparability
Some surveys restrict the universe to ever-married women. The question was asked to women with any live births in the last two years.
The specific unskilled workers incorporated into ANCAREOTHUNSKILL vary across samples and in some cases include multiple response categories.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
The Bangladesh 2019 sample includes village doctors, family welfare assistants and NGO workers in ANCAREOTHUNSKILL. The three categories were separately recorded in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Benin [top]
In the Benin 2014 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to ‘matron’. In the Benin 2021 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL includes both matrons and health aides.
Comparability — Central African Republic [top]
In the Central African Republic 2018 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers specifically to ‘matron midwife’.
Comparability — Costa Rica [top]
In the Costa Rica 2018 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers specifically to ATAP (Asistente Técnico en Atención Primaria) workers.
Comparability — Cote D'Ivoire [top]
In the Cote D'Ivoire 2018 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers specifically to hospital/clinic staff.
Comparability — El Salvador [top]
In the El Salvador 2014 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers specifically to MINSAL (Ministry of Health) health promoter.
Comparability — Eswatini (Swaziland) [top]
In the Eswatini 2021 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to trainee nurse.
Comparability — Ghana [top]
The Ghana 2017 sample includes village health volunteers and traditional health practitioners in ANCAREOTHUNSKILL. The two categories were separately recorded in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Guyana [top]
In the Guyana 2019 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to traditional healer.
Comparability — Lesotho [top]
In the Lesotho 2018 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to nurse assistants.
Comparability — Malawi [top]
In the Malawi 2013 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to patient attendant or ward attendant.
Comparability — Mali [top]
In the Mali samples, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to ‘matron’.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
The 2010 Nepal sample includes maternal and child health worker and female community health worker in ANCAREOTHUNSKILL. The two categories were recorded separately in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data. In the 2014 and 2019 Nepal samples, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers exclusively to female community health volunteer.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
In the Pakistan 2014 sample for Sindh province, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers specifically to lady health worker. Note that lady health workers are categorized as a skilled provider in some other Pakistan samples.
Comparability — Panama [top]
The 2013 Panama sample includes midwife, ‘traditional indigenous doctor’, and herbal healer in ANCAREOTHUNSKILL. The three categories were recorded separately in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Paraguay [top]
In the Paraguay 2016 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to shaman/naturalist healer.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
In the Senegal 2015 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to ‘matron’.
Comparability — Thailand [top]
In the Thailand 2012 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to health center staff/nurse’s aide/ midwife’s aide.
Comparability — Togo [top]
In the Togo 2017 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to ‘matron’.
Comparability — Trinidad and Tobago [top]
In the Trinidad and Tobago 2022 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to doula.
Comparability — Uruguay [top]
In the Uruguay 2012 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to healer.
Comparability — Zimbabwe [top]
In the Zimbabwe 2019 sample, ANCAREOTHUNSKILL refers to religious birth attendant.
Universe
- Bangladesh 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Benin 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Benin 2021: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Central African Republic 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Cote D'Ivoire 2016: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- El Salvador 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Eswatini (Swaziland) 2021: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Lesotho 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Malawi 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Mali 2009: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Mali 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Nepal 2010: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Nepal 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Nepal 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Panama 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Senegal (Dakar City) 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Thailand 2012: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Togo 2017: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Trinidad and Tobago 2022: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Uruguay 2012: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
- Zimbabwe 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in last 2 years
Availability
- Bangladesh: 2019
- Benin: 2014, 2021
- Central African Republic: 2018
- Costa Rica: 2018
- Cote D'Ivoire: 2016
- El Salvador: 2014
- Eswatini (Swaziland): 2021
- Ghana: 2017
- Guyana: 2019
- Lesotho: 2018
- Malawi: 2013
- Mali: 2009, 2015
- Nepal: 2010, 2014, 2019
- Pakistan (Sindh): 2014
- Panama: 2013
- Paraguay: 2016
- Senegal (Dakar City): 2015
- Thailand: 2012
- Togo: 2017
- Trinidad and Tobago: 2022
- Uruguay: 2012
- Zimbabwe: 2019
