Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset
Ghana, 1993
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Reference ID
GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Practitioner for recent healthcare consultation (H_HCHHRECENTWHO)
Data file: GHA1993-H.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
275
End:
276
Width:
2
Range:
-
Format:
Numeric
Questions and instructions
Literal question
20. In the past 2 weeks whom did (NAME) consult?
DOCTOR 01
DENTIST 02
MEDICAL ASSISTANT 03
NURSE 04
MIDWIFE 05
PHARMACIST 06
DRUGGIST 07
TRADITIONAL HEALER 08
TB 09
SPIRITUALIST 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ 96
DOCTOR 01
DENTIST 02
MEDICAL ASSISTANT 03
NURSE 04
MIDWIFE 05
PHARMACIST 06
DRUGGIST 07
TRADITIONAL HEALER 08
TB 09
SPIRITUALIST 10
OTHER (SPECIFY) ___ 96
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 10 | Modern healthcare practitioner |
| 11 | Doctor |
| 12 | Nurse |
| 13 | Medical assistant |
| 14 | Midwife |
| 15 | Dentist |
| 20 | Drug supplier |
| 21 | Pharmacist |
| 22 | Druggist |
| 23 | Drug peddlar |
| 30 | Traditional practitioner |
| 31 | Traditional healer |
| 32 | Traditional birth attendant |
| 33 | Spiritualist |
| 40 | Non-medical |
| 41 | Relative |
| 50 | Other |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 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
HCHHRECENTWHO reports the type of health care practitioner (or other person) whom the household member recently consulted.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| General healthcare Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |