Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992

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Reference ID

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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Aug 15, 2018

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Source of fever/cough treatment: Dispensary (private) (Malawi) (C_FEVTRMW2)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1015

End: 1016

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

456. Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE B
DISPENSARY C
OTHER FIXED FACILITY D
MOBILE CLINIC E

MEDICAL PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL F
PRIVATE HEALTH CENTRE G
DISPENSARY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
PHARMACY J
MOBILE CLINIC K

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP L
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER M

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ N

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes, sought treatment at dispensary
11	Sought treatment for fever
12	Sought treatment for cough
13	Sought treatment for fever or cough
14	Sought treatment for fever and cough
15	Sought treatment for cough and convulsions
16	Sought treatment for convulsions
17	Sought treatment for fever or rapid/difficult breathing
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 weeks, FEVTRMW2 indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment at a private dispensary for this illness. This response category is country-specific to Malawi.

Some samples in the "FEVTR" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

FEVTRMW2 is combined with FEVTRMW1 (private pharmacy) in FEVTRPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 1992 Malawi sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using FEVTRMW2 are encouraged to review FEVTRPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Source for respiratory treatment, CS Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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