Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992

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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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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: Other pill/syrup (C_FEVGIVOPLSYR)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 979

End: 980

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 other pill/syrup for fever or difficult/rapid breathing
00	No
10	Yes, child given other pill/syrup
11	Given other pill/syrup for fever
12	Given other pill/syrup for cough
13	Given other pill/syrup for fever or cough
14	Given other pill/syrup for fever and cough
15	Given other pill/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, FEVGIVOPLSYR indicates whether the child was given some other pill or syrup. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

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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