Among women with a birth (live birth and/or stillbirth) in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent birth in a health facility, percent distribution by duration of stay in the health facility following their most recent birth, according to type of delivery.
Coverage:
Population base:
a) Women who have had a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent live birth in a health facility (NR file)
b) Women who have had a stillbirth in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent stillbirth in a health facility (NR file)
c) Women who have had one or more births (live birth or stillbirth) in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent birth (live birth or stillbirth) in a health facility (NR file)
Time period: Two years preceding the survey
Numerator: Number of women within each base population, by duration of stay (m61), for each type of delivery (m17). Duration of stay is grouped into <6 hours, 6-11 hours, 12-23 hours, 1-2 days, 3+ days, and “don’t know”.
Denominator: Number of women in each of the population bases:
a) Women who have had a live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent live birth in a health facility (m80 = 1 & m15 in 20:49 & p19 < 24)
b) Women who have had a stillbirth in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent stillbirth in a health facility (m80 = 3 & m15 in 20:49 & p19 < 24)
c) Women who have had a live birth or a stillbirth in the 2 years preceding the survey who delivered their most recent birth (live birth or stillbirth) in a health facility (m80 = 1 or 3 & m15 in 20:49 & p19 < 24)
Variables: NR file.
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m80 |
Pregnancy outcome for this section |
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p19 |
Months since pregnancy outcome |
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m15 |
Place of delivery |
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m17 |
Delivery by caesarean section |
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m61 |
Time spent at place of delivery |
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v005 |
Woman’s individual sample weight |
Numerator divided by the denominator, multiplied by 100 for the particular type of delivery (vaginal birth or caesarean section).
Categories from m61 are:
<6 hours = 100-105
6-11 hours = 106-111
12-23 hours = 112-123, 200
1-2 days = 124-171, 201-202
3+ days = 172-197, 203-297, 301-397
Don’t Know/Missing = 198, 199, 298, 299, 398, 399, 998, 999
Missing values on type of health facility are excluded from the indicator. “Don’t know” values on duration of stay are included in the denominator and are presented in a separate category in the percent distribution.
Note the denominator only includes women who delivered in a health facility.
In DHS-8, the reference time period for this indicator changed from 5 years to 2 years, reflecting a shorter time period asked about in the women’s questionnaire. Also in DHS-8, the population base for this indicator was expanded from only women who had at least one live birth in the 2 years preceding the survey to include women who had a stillbirth in the 2 years preceding the survey, as well as women who had one or more births (either live birth or stillbirth) in the 2 years preceding the survey.
Campbell, O.M., L. Cegolon, D. Macleod, and L. Benova. 2016. “Length of stay after childbirth in 92 countries and associated factors in 30 low-and middle-income countries: compilation of reported data and a cross-sectional analysis from nationally representative surveys.” PLoS medicine, 13(3), p.e1001972. https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001972
DHS-8 Tabulation plan: Table 9.10
API Indicator IDs:
RH_DURH_W_H05, RH_DURH_W_H06, RH_DURH_W_H12, RH_DURH_W_D12, RH_DURH_W_D3P
MICS6 Indicator TM.12: Post-partum stay in health facility.