Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999

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Reference ID

NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence

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Source of fever/cough treatment: Traditional practitioner/healer (other) (Nigeria) (C_FEVTRNG5)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1204

End: 1205

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT. HOSPITAL A
GOVT. HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT. HEALTH POST C
MOBILE CLINIC D
COMM. HEALTH WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ____________ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY/PMS H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
MOBILE CLINIC J
COMM. HEALTH WORKER K
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) _____________ L

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP M
TRAD. PRACTITIONER N
SPIRITUAL HEALER P

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ X

Categories

Value	Category
00	No
10	Yes, sought treatment from traditional healer/practitioner
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, FEVTRNG5 indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment from a traditional practitioner for this illness. This response category is country-specific to Nigeria.

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.

FEVTRNG5 is combined with FEVTRNG6 (spiritual healer) in FEVTRPRIVHL (all traditional healers/practitioners) for the 1999 and 2003 Nigeria samples. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using FEVTRNG5 are encouraged to review FEVTRPRIVHL for a more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept

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

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