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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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Reference ID
NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Household line number for sick people (H_SUPSINDEX)

Data file: NGA2008-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 402
End: 403
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
202. ENTER IN QUESTION 203 THE LINE NUMBER AND NAME OF EACH SICK PERSON AGE 18-59, BEGINNING WITH THE FIRST SICK PERSON LISTED IN QUESTION 12 IN THE HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN 3 SICK PEOPLE, USE ADDITIONAL QUESTIONNAIRE(S).

READ THE INTRODUCTION THAT FOLLOWS. THEN ASK QUESTIONS 204-215 AS APPROPRIATE FOR EACH OF THE PERSONS AGE 18-59 REPORTED AS HAVING BEEN VERY SICK.

You told me that in your household one (some) of the members of your household has(ve) been very sick for at least three of the past 12 months. We are interested in learning about the care and support that may have been received for [that/each of those persons].
First I would like to ask you about any formal, organized help or support that your household may have been given for [that/ each of those] person(s) for which you did not have to pay.
By formal, organized support I mean help provided by someone working for a program. This program could be government, private, religious, charity, or community based.

203. NAME AND LINE NUMBER FROM COLUMNS 1 AND 2 OF THE HOUSEHOLD SCHEDULE

NAME _____________

LINE NO. __
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7
08 8
09 9
10 10
11 11
12 12
13 13
14 14
15 15
16 16
17 17
18 18
19 19
20 20
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
SUPSINDEX (HSKIDX) reports the line number of the sick household member in the household questionnaire.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Support for sick persons Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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