Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1999

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Reference ID

ZWE_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Aug 15, 2018

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Woman can decide if sick child gets medical treatment (W_DECKIDHCARE)

Data file: ZWE1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 493

End: 493

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

470B) When (your child/one of your children) is seriously ill, can you decide by yourself whether the child should be taken for medical treatment?

YES 1
NO 2
DEPENDS 3

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
2	Depends
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

DECKIDHCARE (V466) indicates whether the woman can decide by herself to take her child to the doctor when the child is seriously ill.

Unlike several other questions about decision-making that specify which household member primarily makes a decision, DECKIDHCARE is a yes/no question referring only to the woman's decision-making power. The complementary variable DECKIDHEALTH indicates who has the final say on the children's health care.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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