Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1996

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Reference ID

TZA_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Aug 15, 2018

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Signs cough needs treatment: Difficult breathing (W_COUTRDIFBREATH)

Data file: TZA1996-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2197

End: 2197

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

468. When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FAST BREATHING A
DIFFICULT BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL F
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK G
NOT GETTING BETTER H
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Z

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, difficult breathing
8	Missing

Description

Definition

COUTRDIFBREATH indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that difficulty breathing indicated 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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