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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

India, 2005 - 2006
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IND_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
International Institute for Population Sciences 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: IND2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1631
End: 1631
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
541. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
Anywhere else?

IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTRE, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE(S). RECORD ALL SOURCES MENTIONED.

NAME OF PLACE(S) _______

PUBLIC MEDICAL SECTOR

GOVT./MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL A
GOVT. DISPENSARY B
UHC/UHP/UFWC C
CHC/RURAL HOSPITAL/PHC D
SUB-CENTRE/ANM E
ANGANWADI/ICDS CENTRE F
GOVT. MOBILE CLINIC G
CAMP H
OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTH FACILITY I
ASHA J

NGO/TRUST HOSPITAL/CLINIC K

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL L
PRIVATE DOCTOR/ CLINIC M
PRIVATE PARAMEDIC N
VAIDYA/HAKIM/HOMEOPATH O
TRADITIONAL HEALER P
PHARMACY/DRUGSTORE Q
OTHER PRIVATE HEALTH FACTOR R

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP S
FRIEND/RELATIVE T

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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