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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 14, 2020
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Barrier to woman's health care: No provider (W_BHCNOPROV)

Data file: BEN2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2867
End: 2868
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
490) Now I would like to ask you questions about health care for yourself. There are different reasons that prevent women from getting advice or medical treatment for themselves. When you are ill and want advice or medical treatment, are the following things a serious problem or not?

Knowing where to go.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Poor reception at Health Center.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Getting permission to go.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Getting money for treatment.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Not close to a health care establishment.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Finding a mode of transportation.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Not wanting to go alone.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Inefficient care.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Wait time too long.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Care costs too much.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Worry that there is no female health care professional.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2

Health care staff often absent or late.

SERIOUS PROBLEM 1
NOT A PROBLEM 2
Categories
Value Category
10 Not a big problem
11 No problem at all
12 Small problem only
20 Is big problem
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
BHCNOPROV (V467H) indicates whether the woman reported "concern that there may not be a health provider" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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