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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2003
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BFA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et du Développement [Burkina Faso] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Aug 15, 2018
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May 14, 2020
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Barrier to woman's health care: Getting permission (W_BHCPERMIT)

Data file: BFA2003-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2571
End: 2572
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
Now, I would like to ask you questions having to do with your own health care.

490. Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, does each of the following constitute a big problem, a small problem, or no problem?

Knowing where to go.
Getting permission to go.
Getting money needed for treatment.
No health facility nearby.
Having to take transport.
Not wanting to go alone.
Concern that there may not be a female health provider.

KNOWING WHERE TO GO

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GETTING PERMISSION TO GO

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GETTING MONEY NEEDED FOR TREATMENT

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NO HEALTH FACILITY NEARBY

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

HAVING TO TAKE TRANSPORT

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NOT WANTING TO GO ALONE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

CONCERN THAT THERE MAY NOT BE A FEMALE HEALTH PROVIDER

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2
Categories
Value Category
10 Not a big problem
11 No problem at all
12 Small problem
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
BHCPERMIT (V467B) indicates whether the woman reported "obtaining permission to go to the doctor/seek treatment" 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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