Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1997

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)

Metadata

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Aug 15, 2018

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May 14, 2020

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Child taken to medical facility for diarrhea treatment (C_DIATREMEDFAC)

Data file: MDG1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1134

End: 1134

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

463. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL A
HEALTH CENTER B
DISPENSARY C
LOCAL HEALTH POST D
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ________ E

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
DOCTOR I
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ________ L

OTHER LOCATION

STORE M
TRADITIONAL HEALER N

OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, treatment at medical facility
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children with diarrhea in the last two weeks, DIATREMEDFAC (H12Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment. Based on standard DHS variables H12A to H12X, DIATREMEDFAC indicates whether the child was taken to any of the facilities listed under the "Public Sector" and "Medical Private Sector" headers, except for Pharmacy. The exact sources of treatment included in this grouping may vary across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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