Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Child had fever in last two/four weeks (C_FEVRECENT)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 721

End: 722

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

431. Has (NAME) had fever in the last four weeks?

YES 1
NO 2 (SKIP TO 434)
DK 8 (SKIP TO 434)

Categories

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes, fever
21	Yes, fever in last 2 weeks
22	Yes, fever in last 4 weeks
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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.

Description

Definition

For surviving children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, FEVRECENT (H22) indicates whether the child had a fever in recent weeks (most often in the previous two weeks). See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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