Demographic and Health Survey 2008-09 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 2008 - 2009

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Reference ID

KEN_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: KEN2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1677

End: 1677

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

PROBE TO IDENTIFY EACH TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE(S).

IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE) ___________

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT HOSPITAL B
GOVT HEALTH CENTER C
GOVT DISPENSARY D
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ____________ E

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

MISSION HOSP/CLINIC F
PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC H
PHARMACY I
NURSING/MATERNITY HOME J
OTHER PRIVATE MED. (SPECIFY) ________ K

MOBILE CLINIC L
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER M
OTHER SOURCE

SHOP N
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER O
RELATIVE/ FRIEND P

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________________ X

Value	Category
0	Did not receive any treatment
1	Received treatment
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

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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