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Demographic and Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2007
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BGD_2007_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: BGD2007-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1192
End: 1192
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
526) Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else? PROBE TO IDENTIFY EACH TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE(S). IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE(S))____

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL/MEDICAL COLLEGE A
FAMILY WELFARE CENTER (FWC) B
UPAZILA HEALTH COMPLEX C
SAT. CLINIC/ EPI OUTREACH D
MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE CENTER E
GOVERNMENT FIELD WORKER (FWA) F
COMMUNITY CLINIC G
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ H

NGO SECTOR

NGO STATIC CLINIC I
NGO SATELLITE CLINIC J
NGO FIELDWORKER K
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ L

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC M
QUALIFIED DOCTOR N
TRADITIONAL DOCTOR O
PHARMACY P
OTHER PRIVATE MED. (SPECIFY)____ Q

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP R
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER S
OTHER (SPECIFY)____ X
Categories
Value Category
0 Did not receive any treatment
1 Received treatment
8 Missing
9 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 young children with a fever and/or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTREMEDFAC (H32Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment for this illness.

According to the standard DHS recode manuals, a treatment source was considered a medical facility if it fell under the Public Sector or Medical Private Sector headers, except for Pharmacy.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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