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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Result of malaria measurement (H_MLTESTED)

Data file: BEN2011-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 439
End: 439
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
613) RESULT CODE FOR MALARIA TEST

IF TEST WAS ACCEPTED, STICK BAR CODES:
PUT FIRST BAR CODE HERE
PUT A STICKER ON EACH OF THE TWO SLIDES
PUT ONE ON THE RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST (TDR)
PUT THE FIFTH ON THE SAMPLE TRANSMISSION SHEET

PUT FIRST STICKER HERE__________
NOT PRESENT 99994
REFUSED 99995
OTHER 99996
Categories
Value Category
1 Measured
2 Not present
3 Refused
4 Other
5 Sample not tested
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
MLTESTED (HML33) indicates whether the household member was tested (measured) for malaria.

The DHS uses two types of malaria tests: a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and laboratory testing of blood smears. The RDT test detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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