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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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Reference ID
NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
Collection(s)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
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May 01, 2020
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Child's fever/cough treated by: SP/Fansidar (antimalarial) (C_FEVGIVSP)

Data file: NAM2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1529
End: 1530
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
547. What drugs did (NAME) take?
Any other drugs?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

ANTIMALARIAL DRUGS

SP/FANSIDAR A
QUININE B
ARTEMETHERLUMEFANTRINE C
OTHER ANTI-MALARIAL (SPECIFY) ___ D
PILL/SYRUP E
INJECTION F

ANTIBIOTIC DRUGS

PILL/SYRUP G
INJECTION H

OTHER DRUGS

ASPIRIN I
ACETAMINOPHEN J
IBUPROFEN K

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
16 Given SP/Fansidar for fever or difficult/rapid breathing
00 No
10 Yes, child given SP/Fansidar
11 Given SP/Fansidar for fever
12 Given SP/Fansidar for cough
13 Given SP/Fansidar for fever or cough
14 Given SP/Fansidar for fever and cough
15 Given SP/Fansidar 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, FEVGIVSP (ML13A) indicates whether the child was given the antimalarial drug sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine, also known as Fansidar. Other common trade names include Maloxine, Malafan, Metakelfin (sulphamethoxypyrazine/pyrimethamine), Novidar, and Amalar.

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:


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.

concept

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