Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2005

Reference ID

EGY_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Population [Egypt], National Population Council [Egypt], El-Zanaty and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Final say on woman's health care (W_DECFEMHCARE)

Data file: EGY2005-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 618

End: 618

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

727) Who usually makes the following decisions: mainly you, mainly your husband, you and your husband jointly, or someone else?

About health care for yourself?

RESPONDENT = 1
HUSBAND = 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY = 3
SOMEONE ELSE = 4
OTHER = 6

About making major household purchases?

RESPONDENT = 1
HUSBAND = 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY = 3
SOMEONE ELSE = 4
OTHER = 6

About making purchases for daily household needs?

RESPONDENT = 1
HUSBAND = 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY = 3
SOMEONE ELSE = 4
OTHER = 6

About visits to your family or relatives?

RESPONDENT = 1
HUSBAND = 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY = 3
SOMEONE ELSE = 4
OTHER = 6

Value	Category
1	Woman alone
2	Woman and husband/partner
3	Woman and someone else
4	Husband/partner
5	Someone else
6	Other/not applicable
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)
7	Family elders/relatives

Description

Definition

DECFEMHCARE (V743A) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding the woman's own healthcare.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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