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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Aug 15, 2018
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Result of malaria measurement (H_MLTESTED)

Data file: GHA2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 478
End: 478
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212A) RECORD RESULT CODE OF THE MALARIA RDT.

TESTED 1
NOT PRESENT 2 (GO TO 212D)
REFUSED 3 (GO TO 212D)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 212D)
Categories
Value Category
1 Measured
2 Not present
3 Refused
4 Other
5 Sample not tested
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
MLTESTED (HML33) indicates whether the household member was tested (measured) for malaria.

The DHS uses two types of malaria tests: a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and laboratory testing of blood smears. The RDT test detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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