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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Source of fever/cough treatment: Public dispensary (C_FEVTRPUBDRUG)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 997

End: 998

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

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes, sought treatment at public 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)

Description

Definition

For young children with a fever or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTRPUBDRUG indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment from a public dispensary, pharmacy, or drug store for this illness.

A few samples ask separately about treatment given for fever and treatment given 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 treatment from a given source, and the second digit indicates the child's illness. A code of "11" indicates the child received treatment for a fever; a code of "12" indicates the child received treatment for a cough; a code of "13" indicates the child received treatment for a fever or a cough; a code of "14" indicates the child received treatment for both a fever and a cough; a code of "15" indicates the child received treatment for a cough and convulsions; a code of "16" indicates the child received treatment for convulsions; and a code of "17" indicates the child received treatment for a fever or rapid/difficult breathing. See Comparability for more information.

concept

Concept

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

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