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Demographic and Health Survey 1998

South Africa, 1998
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Reference ID
ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M
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Department of Health, Medical Research Council
Collection(s)
MEASURE DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys
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Fever/cough: medical treatment (h32z)

Data file: REC43

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 174
End: 174
Width: 1
Range: 0 - 9
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Question pretext
All living children born in the last five years for H22 and H31, and children suffering from fever and/or cough in the last two weeks for H32 to H38 (H22 = 1 or H31 = 1 or H31 = 2).
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes: medical treatment
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.

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Notes
Whether the child was taken to a medical facility for treatment of the fever and/ or cough. This usually includes being taken to all Public Sector facilities and all Medical Private Sector facilities except for Pharmacy. This variable is a summary of these preceding variables as is used in the final reports.
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