INDIA - Survey on Health Care: NSS 52nd Round, Schedule 25, 1995 - 1996

Reference ID

DDI-IND-MOSPI-NSSO-52-25.0-2011

Year

1995 - 1996

Country

INDIA

Producer(s)

National Sample Survey Office

Sponsor(s)

Govt. Of India - -
Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation - -

Collection(s)

National Sample Survey

Metadata

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Mar 16, 2016

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Reason for not going to hospital (REASON_FOR_NOT_GO_HOSP)
File: PARTICULARS OF MATERNITY & POST-NATAL CARE(Block 8)

Overview

Type: Discrete
Format: character
Width: 1

Valid cases: 28383
Invalid: 0

Questions and instructions

Pre question

Was the delivery done at home or at any other place apart from hospital?

Literal question

If yes, what was the reason for not going to the hospital?

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
0	No response	11633	41.0%
1	by preference	9157	32.3%
2	too expensive	2274	8.0%
3	not available in the neighbourhood	3201	11.3%
9	others	2118	7.5%

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Interviewer instructions

The reason for not getting the mother admitted to a medical institution for child delivery was recorded here in codes. The codes are :

CODE 1: by preference
CODE 2: too expensive
CODE 3: not available in the neighbourhood
CODE 9: others