Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003

Reference ID

MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

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

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Signs cough needs treatment: Convulsions (B_COUTRCONV)

Data file: MOZ2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 968

End: 968

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

490E. When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker? Any other signs/symptoms?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

RAPID BREATHING A
DIFFICULTY BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK/TO NURSE E
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL F
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK G
NOT GETTING BETTER H
CONVULSIONS I
NOISY BREATHING J
VERY SKINNY CHILD K
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, convulsions
8	Missing

Description

Definition

COUTRCONV indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that convulsions indicated a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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