Codes and Frequencies
Description
PNCMOTHSKILL reports whether a skilled health worker not recorded elsewhere (in PNCMDOC, PNCMNURSEM, or PNCMAUXMW) checked the woman's health after her most recent delivery.
Comparability — Index
Comparability
Whether a response category is considered skilled is based on the specific country's interpretation that survey year, based on the groupings on the questionnaire. For some samples, more than one response category is incorporated into PNCMOTHSKILL.
For all samples, the most recent birth must have occurred within the last two years.
Comparability — Argentina [top]
In the Argentina 2019 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL includes obstetrician/professional midwife and public sector health agent. The two categories were separately recorded on the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Bangladesh [top]
In the Bangladesh 2019 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL includes paramedic and medical assistants, sub-assistant community medical officers, family welfare visitors, and community skilled birth attendants. The three categories were captured separately in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Belarus [top]
In the Belarus 2012 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to medical assistant. In the 2019 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to feldsher.
Comparability — Cameroon [top]
In the Cameroon 2014 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to assistant health provider.
Comparability — Central African Republic [top]
In the Central African Republic 2018 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to health assistant.
Comparability — Ghana [top]
In the Ghana 2017 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to community health officer/nurse.
Comparability — Guinea [top]
In the Guinea 2016 sample,PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to ATS workers (an auxiliary medical group trained to diploma level for two years).
Comparability — Guyana [top]
In the Guyana samples, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to medex.
Comparability — Kazakhstan [top]
In the Kazakhstan samples, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to feldsher.
Comparability — Kenya [top]
In the Kenya samples, PNCMOTHSKILL includes clinical officer and community nurse. The two categories were captured separately in the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Kiribati [top]
In the Kiribati 2018 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to medical assistant.
Comparability — Madagascar [top]
In the Madagascar 2012 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to medical assistant.
Comparability — Mexico [top]
In the Mexico 2015 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to technical professional midwife..
Comparability — Montenegro [top]
In the Montenegro 2018 samples, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to outreach nurse.
Comparability — Nepal [top]
In the Nepal 2014 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to health assistant. In the Nepal 2019 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL includes health assistant, maternal child health worker, and rural health worker. The three categories were separately captured during the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Pakistan [top]
In the Pakistan 2016 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL includes lady health workers and lady health visitors. The surveys separately captured the two categories, but they have been combined in IPUMS MICS data. In the Pakistan 2014, 2017 and 2018 samples, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to lady health visitor.
Comparability — Panama [top]
In the Panama 2013 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to health promoter.
Comparability — Paraguay [top]
In the Paraguay 2016 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to obstetric professional.
Comparability — Senegal [top]
In the Senegal 2015 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to nurse assistant.
Comparability — Sudan [top]
In the Sudan 2014 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to health visitor.
Comparability — Togo [top]
In the Togo 2017 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to medical assistant.
Comparability — Tonga [top]
In the Tonga 2019 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL includes community nurse and health officer. The two responses were recorded separately on the survey, but have been combined in IPUMS MICS data.
Comparability — Turkmenistan [top]
In the Turkmenistan 2015 sample, PNCMOTHSKILL refers specifically to feldsher.
Universe
- Argentina 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Bangladesh 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Belarus 2012: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Belarus 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Cameroon 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Central African Republic 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Costa Rica 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Ghana 2017: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Guinea 2016: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Guyana 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Guyana 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Honduras 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kazakhstan 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kenya (Bungoma) 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kenya (Kakamega) 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kenya (Turkana County) 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kiribati 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Kyrgyzstan 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Madagascar 2012: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Mexico 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Montenegro 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Montenegro (Roma) 2018: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Nepal 2014: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Nepal 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan) 2016: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2016: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Punjab) 2017: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Sindh) 2018: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Balochistan) 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) 2019: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Panama 2013: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Paraguay 2016: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Senegal (Dakar City) 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Sudan 2014: Ever-married women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Togo 2017: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Tonga 2019: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Turkmenistan 2015: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
- Uzbekistan 2021: Women age 15-49 with a live birth in the last 2 years
Availability
- Argentina: 2019
- Bangladesh: 2019
- Belarus: 2012, 2019
- Cameroon: 2014
- Central African Republic: 2018
- Costa Rica: 2018
- Ghana: 2017
- Guinea: 2016
- Guyana: 2014, 2019
- Honduras: 2019
- Kazakhstan: 2015
- Kenya (Bungoma): 2013
- Kenya (Kakamega): 2013
- Kenya (Turkana County): 2013
- Kiribati: 2018
- Kyrgyzstan: 2018
- Madagascar: 2012
- Mexico: 2015
- Montenegro: 2018
- Montenegro (Roma): 2018
- Nepal: 2014, 2019
- Pakistan (Sindh): 2014, 2018
- Pakistan (Punjab): 2014, 2017
- Pakistan (Khyber Pakhtunkhwa): 2016, 2019
- Pakistan (Gilgit-Baltistan): 2016
- Pakistan (Balochistan): 2019
- Panama: 2013
- Paraguay: 2016
- Senegal (Dakar City): 2015
- Sudan: 2014
- Togo: 2017
- Tonga: 2019
- Turkmenistan: 2015
- Uzbekistan: 2021
