Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006

Reference ID

BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Woman can decide if sick child gets medical treatment (C_DECKIDHCARE)

Data file: BEN2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 604

End: 604

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

489) When (your child/one of your children) is seriously ill, can you yourself decide that he/she needs to be taken somewhere for medical treatment?

IF RESPONDENT ANSWERS THAT NONE OF HER CHILDREN HAVE EVER BEEN SERIOUSLY ILL, ASK: If (your child/one of your children) were seriously ill, could you yourself decide that he/she needs to be taken somewhere for medical treatment?

YES 1
NO 2
DEPENDS 3

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
2	Depends
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DECKIDHCARE (V466) indicates whether the woman can decide by herself to take her child to the doctor when the child is seriously ill.

Unlike several other questions about decision-making that specify which household member primarily makes a decision, DECKIDHCARE is a yes/no question referring only to the woman's decision-making power. The complementary variable DECKIDHEALTH indicates who has the final say on the children's health care.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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