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Demographic and Health Survey 2010, IPUMS Harmonized Subset

Malawi, 2010
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MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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Child's fever/cough treated by: Aspirin/paracetamol (C_FEVGIVASPARA)

Data file: MWI2010-C

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: 0 - 99
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No
10 Yes, child given aspirin/paracetamol
11 Given aspirin/paracetamol for fever
12 Given aspirin/paracetamol for cough
13 Given aspirin/paracetamol for fever or cough
14 Given aspirin/paracetamol for fever and cough
15 Given aspirin/paracetamol 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, FEVGIVASPARA indicates whether the child was given aspirin/paracetamol.

The following related variables contain medicines that overlap with this variable:


Child given aspirin for fever/cough is listed as FEVGIVASP (ML13K)
Child given acetaminophen for fever/cough is listed as FEVGIVACET (ML13L)
Child given ibuprofen or acetaminophen is listed as FEVGIVIBACET


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. A code of "11" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever, a code of "12" indicates the child was given the drug for a cough, a code of "13" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever or a cough, a code of "14" indicates the child was given the drug for both a fever and a cough, and a code of "15" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever or convulsions. See Comparability for more information.

concept

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