Uttar Pradesh and Bihar Survey of Living Conditions 1997-1998

India, 1997 - 1998

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Reference ID

IND_1997_SLCUPB_v01_M

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48529/q6sh-b869

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The World Bank

Collection(s)

Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS)

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Practitioner consulted - 2 (v05a05b)

Data file: SECT05A

Overview

Valid: 482

Invalid: 13510

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 21

End: 22

Width: 2

Range: 1 - 11

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Which of the following were consulted for this illness / disability?

WRITE CODE OF PERSONS CONSULTED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE CONSULTED

Categories

Value	Category	Cases
1	Indigenous practitioner	16	3.3%
2	Faith healer/ religious person	27	5.6%
3	Quack	99	20.5%
4	Chemist	12	2.5%
5	Village health worker / nurse-practitioner	0	0%
6	Government doctor, PHC, CHC, sub-centre	42	8.7%
7	Government Doctor, hospital	74	15.4%
8	Government Doctor, elsewhere	46	9.5%
9	Private Doctor	152	31.5%
10	Charitable / NGO doctor	11	2.3%
11	Other	3	0.6%
Sysmiss		13510

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.

Interviewer instructions

Record the code of up to four health care providers (both traditional and modern) that the person may have consulted for the illness or injury in the columns provided, in the order in which they were consulted. If no one was consulted, leave all four columns blank.

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All persons in the household

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