Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2003

Reference ID

BFA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et du Développement [Burkina Faso] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

Metadata

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Created on

Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Other (unspecified) treatment for child's fever/convulsions (C_FEVOTROTH)

Data file: BFA2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1515

End: 1515

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

466. Has (NAME) been ill with a fever at any time in the last 2 weeks?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

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474S. What was done to treat (NAME)'s fever/convulsions?

CONSULTED TRADITIONAL HEALER A
SWABBED WITH MOIST COMPRESSES B
GAVE MEDICINAL PLANTS/TRADITIONAL MEDICATIONS C
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z

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

Description

Definition

For young children with a fever or convulsions in the past 2 weeks, FEVOTROTH (ML19X) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported the child was given some other (unspecified) treatment. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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