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Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015
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Reference ID
RWA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] 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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May 14, 2020
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Adult had unexpected weight loss (B_UNEXWTLOSS)

Data file: RWA2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1319
End: 1320
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1011) Do you currently have the following symptoms?

a. Cough

YES, TWO WEEKS OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS 2
NO 3

b. Fever

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

c. Drenching night sweats

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

d. Unexpected weight lost

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

e. General fatigue or malaise

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

f. Chest pain

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, less than one month
12 Yes, one month or longer
98 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
UNEXWTLOSS indicates whether the woman is currently experiencing unexpected weight loss.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Illness Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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