Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

Reference ID

KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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May 01, 2020

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May 14, 2020

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Source of medical treatment for diarrhea (C_DIATRESRC)

Data file: KEN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 614

End: 615

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

425. Was (NAME) taken to a private doctor, a hospital or clinic, a traditional healer, or any other place during the last episode of diarrhea? IF YES: Where was he/she taken (the last time)?

PRIVATE DOCTOR 1
HOSPITAL/CLINIC 2
TRADITIONAL HEALER 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 4
CHILD NOT TAKEN 5 (GO TO 426A)

Categories

Value	Category
00	No treatment
10	Private doctor
20	Hospital/clinic
21	Public hospital
22	Health center
30	Traditional healer
40	Other facility
41	Dispensary
42	Pharmacy or health station
50	Community health worker
60	Other, unspecified
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 children under age 5 with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATRESRC (H12) reports the source of advice or treatment for this illness.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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