Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988

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Reference ID

GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Child ever had bilharzia (C_BILHKIDEV)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 704

End: 704

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

436C. Has (NAME) ever suffered from bilharzia?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT COL FOR NEXT BIRTH)
DK 8 (GO TO NEXT COL FOR NEXT BIRTH)

Value	Category
1	Yes
2	No
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BILHKIDEV indicates whether the young child ever had bilharzia (also known as schistosomiasis), a disease caused by parasitic worms. The CDC reports here [URL omitted from DDI.] that "more than 200 million people are infected worldwide. In terms of impact, this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease." Bilharzia is considered one of the Neglected Topical Diseases (NTD), a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that lead to disfigurement, debilitation, or death, and that are largely confined to the world's poorest communities.

Bilharzia is contracted through skin contact with contaminated freshwater and can be effectively treated with prescription medicine.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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