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Demographic and Health Survey 2016-2017 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 2016 - 2017
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BDI_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministère à la Présidence chargé de la Bonne Gouvernance et du Plan [Burundi] (MPBGP), Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Lutte contre le Sida [Burundi] (MSPLS), Institut de Statistiques et d’Études Économiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU), et ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) Fragility, Conflict and Violence
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Symptom of child testing positive for malaria: Convulsions (H_MLTSYMCONV)

Data file: BDI2016-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 511
End: 511
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
127) Did (NAME) suffer from any of the following illness or present one or more of the following symptoms:

Extreme weakness?
Heart problems?
Loss of consciousness?
Rapid breathing or difficulty breathing?
Has or has had convulsions?
Abnormal bleeding?
Icterus/jaundice?
Dark urine?

If none of the above symptoms, circle code Y.

EXTREME WEAKNESS A
HEART PROBLEMS B
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS C
RAPID BREATHING OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING D
HAS OR HAS HAD CONVULSIONS E
ABNORMAL BLEEDING F
ICTERUS/JAUNDICE G
DARK URINE H

NONE OF ABOVE SYMPTOMS Y
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
9 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 who tested positive for malaria, MLTSYMCONV indicates whether the child experienced convulsions.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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