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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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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
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Jan 16, 2021
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Source of recent health care: Other (B_HCOTH)

Data file: ZAF2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1355
End: 1355
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
HCOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported she has sought help from some other source. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific response categories included in a particular sample.

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