Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Congo, Dem. Rep., 2007

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Reference ID

COD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministère du Plan [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et Macro International., 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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Barrier to woman's health care: Getting permission (B_BHCPERMIT)

Data file: COD2007-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1139

End: 1140

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

490) Now I would like to ask you questions about health care for yourself.

There are different reasons that prevent women from getting advice or medical treatment for themselves. When you are ill and want advice or medical treatment, which of the following are a serious problem or not?

Knowing where to go.
Getting permission to go.
Getting money for treatment.
Not close to a health care establishment.
Having to take transportation.
Not wanting to go alone.
Worrying that there is no female health care professional.

WHERE TO GO

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

PERMISSION

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

MONEY

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

DISTANCE

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

TRANSPORTATION

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

GOING ALONE

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

FEMALE PERSONNEL

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A SERIOUS PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCPERMIT (V467B) indicates whether the woman reported "obtaining permission to go to the doctor/seek treatment" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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