Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS8): Respectful Maternity Care
Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Respectful Maternity Care
The Demographic and Health Survey Phase 8 (DHS-8): Respectful Maternity Care includes a single item from the Women's Questionnaire regarding whether the female respondent perceived that she was treated with respect by health workers during the labor and delivery of her child. Navigational aspects (i.e. skip-out patterns and next question sequences) have not been included on this page but can be viewed on the original women’s questionnaire located here.
Short Measure
Multi-Country
ITEMS:
- Did the doctors, nurses, or other staff at the facility treat you with respect all of the time, some of the time, or not at all?
Response Options:
All of the time
Some of the time
Not at all
PSYCHOMETRIC SCORE
GEOGRAPHIES TESTED:
Angola
Burkina Faso
Cambodia
Cameroon
Cote d'Ivoire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Guatemala
Guinea
Kenya
Madagascar
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Nepal
Rwanda
Senegal
The Gambia
Zimbabwe
POPULATIONS INCLUDED:
Female
AGE RANGE:
Adolescents
Adults
Scoring Procedures:
Not Applicable
PRIMARY CITATION:
Demographic and Health Surveys (2019). Demographic and Health Surveys: Women's Questionnaire. https://dhsprogram.com/publications/publication-DHSQ8-DHS-Questionnaires-and-Manuals.cfm
Pyschometric Score:
Qualitative Research
Existing Literature/Theoretical Framework
Field Expert Input
Cognitive Interviews / Pilot Testing
Internal
Test-retest
Interrater
Content
Face
Criterion (gold-standard)
Construct
Psychometric Scoring
Total Score: 0.00/10 Points (NO DATA)
Citation Frequency
KEY
FULL POINTS
PARTIAL POINTS NOT ASSESSED NOT APPLICABLEFor more details, see Scoring Methodology
