Definition
For young children with a fever or respiratory illness recently, FEVGIVHYDRACET indicates whether the child was given hydrocodone-acetaminophen. A trade name for hydrocodone-acetaminophen is Adol. This drug combination is not recommended for use in children under six years of age, due to a higher risk of severe side effects.
A few samples in the "FEVGIV" series 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:
11: The child was given the drug for a fever
12: The child was given the drug for a cough
13: The child was given the drug for a fever or a cough
14: The child was given the drug for both a fever and a cough
15: The child was given the drug for a fever or convulsions
16: The child was given the drug for a fever or difficult/rapid breathing
See Comparability for more information.