General Census 2005 (XVII of Population and Dwelling and VI of Housing). - IPUMS Subset

Colombia, 2005 - 2006

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Reference ID

COL_2005_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Departmento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística (DANE), IPUMS

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Place where he/she sought medical services (CO2005A_MD)

Data file: COL2005_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 280

End: 280

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<svar a="all" v="CO05A438 CO05A439">37. In the past year, was [the respondent] ill? (expanded)<br /><div class="i1">[] 1 Yes</div><br /><div class="i2">1.1 The last time that [the respondent] sought health care:</div><br /><div class="i3">[] 1 Through a healthcare service to which he/she has rights?<br />[] 2 Another hospital, clinic, doctor's office or healthcare center?<br />[] 3 A drug store or pharmacy, folk healer or healer?<br />[] 4 Traditional doctor of his/her ethnic group?<br />[] 5 No place?</div><br /><div class="i1">2. No</div><br /></svar>

Categories

Value	Category
1	The service to which he/she has a right
2	Another hospital, clinic
3	A drug store, healer or curandero
4	Traditional doctor of her/his ethnic group
5	No place
8	Unknown
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

This variable indicates where the person sought medical services.

Universe

Colombia 2005: Persons who were ill last year [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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