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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997
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Reference ID
MDG_1997_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Direction de la Démographie et des Statistiques Sociales, Institut National de la Statistique [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Signs cough needs treatment: Don't know (C_COUTRDK)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 815
End: 815
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
468. When a child suffers from a cough, what are the signs/symptoms that let you know he/she should be brought to a health center or a health care professional?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

RAPID BREATHING A
DIFFICULTY BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
DOESN'T EAT/DRINK WELL H
BECOMES MORE SICK/VERY SICK I
DOESN'T GET BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No, knows some sign
1 Yes, doesn't know any sign
8 Missing
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
COUTRDK indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that she did not know any indication that a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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