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Population and Family Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 1997
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Reference ID
JOR_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Child ever had measles (C_MEASLESHAD)

Data file: JOR1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1136
End: 1136
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
549b. Has (NAME) been ill with measles?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 550)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 550)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
9 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
MEASLESHAD indicates whether the young child ever had measles, a viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, respiratory infection, diarrhea, and (more rarely) encephalitis, and can be fatal. Measles is highly contagious and is preventable by routine immunization.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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