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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2006 - 2007
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PAK_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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HH action against mosquitoes: Use mats (W_MQUSEMATS)

Data file: PAK2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 472
End: 472
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
127) What do you do?
CIRCLE ALL MENTIONED.

COIL A
MATS B
SPRAY C
ELECTRIC SPRAY REPELLANT D
INSECT REPELLANT E
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
6 Non-resident
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
MQUSEMATS indicates whether the household uses "mats" to avoid mosquitoes. Such mats are presumably imbued with mosquito repellent. Some commercial brands of mosquito repellent mats use a butane cartridge to heat a small mat soaked in insecticide and thus prompt the release of insecticide.

The information in MQUSEMATS is taken from the household record and applies to regular household residents, not temporary visitors. Researchers may wish to exclude visitors using the RESIDENT variable (with visitors coded "2") when women, children, or births are the unit of analysis, and using the HHRESIDENT variable when household members are the unit of analysis.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Antimalaria protection Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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