Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016

Reference ID

ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

Metadata

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Created on

May 01, 2020

Last modified

May 14, 2020

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Source of recent health care: Faith healer (other) (South Africa) (B_HCZA5)

Data file: ZAF2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1353

End: 1353

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

HCZA5 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported seeking medical help from a faith healer. This variable is country-specific to South Africa.

Some samples in the "HC" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

HCZA5 is combined with HCZA3 (traditional healer) and HCZA4 (traditional herbalist) in HCPRIVHL (all traditional practitioners/healers) for the 2016 South Africa sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using HCZA5 are encouraged to reviewer HCPRIVHL for a more comprehensive response category.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Treatment for illness Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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