Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992

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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Child's fever/cough treated by: Cough syrup (C_FEVGIVCOUSYR)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 973

End: 974

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

454. What was given to treat the fever/cough? Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

INJECTION A
ANTIBIOTIC (PILL OR SYRUP) B
ANTIMALARIAL (PILL OR SYRUP) C
COUGH SYRUP D
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP E
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP F
HOME REMEDY/HERBAL MEDICINE G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ H

Categories

Value	Category
16	Given cough syrup for fever or difficult/rapid breathing
00	No
10	Yes, child given cough syrup
11	Given cough syrup for fever
12	Given cough syrup for cough
13	Given cough syrup for fever or cough
14	Given cough syrup for fever and cough
15	Given cough syrup for fever or convulsions
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

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

For young children with a fever or cough in the past 2 to 4 weeks, FEVGIVCOUSYR indicates whether the child was given cough syrup.

A few samples ask separately about drugs taken for fever and drugs taken for cough. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in composite coding. A first digit of 1 indicates the child received the drug, and the second digit indicates the child's illness:

11: The child was given the drug for a fever
12: The child was given the drug for a cough
13: The child was given the drug for a fever or a cough
14: The child was given the drug for both a fever and a cough
15: The child was given the drug for a fever or convulsions
16: The child was given the drug for a fever or difficult/rapid breathing

See Comparability for more information.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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