Demographic and Health Survey 2004-05 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2004 - 2005

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TZA_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Barrier to woman's health care: Distance to facility (B_BHCDISTANCE)

Data file: TZA2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1165

End: 1166

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

490. Now I would like to ask you some questions about medical care for you yourself.
Many different factors can prevent women from getting medical advice or treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want to get medical advice or treatment, is each of the following a big problem or not?

Knowing where to go.
Getting permission to go.
Getting money needed for treatment.
The distance to the health facility.
Having to take transport.
Not wanting to go alone.
Concern that there may not be a female health provider.
Concern that the health providers will be unfriendly or hostile.

PERMISSION TO GO

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GETTING MONEY

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

DISTANCE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

TAKING TRANSPORT

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GO ALONE

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

NO FEMAL PROV

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

UNFRIENDLY PROV

BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCDISTANCE (V467D) indicates whether the woman reported "the distance to the health facility" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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