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Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2004
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MWI_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child breathed with short, rapid breaths when had cough (C_COUSHORTBRE)

Data file: MWI2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1615
End: 1615
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
468. When (NAME) had an illness with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual with short, rapid breaths?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
COUSHORTBRE (H31B) indicates whether the child experienced fast, short, rapid breaths or difficulty breathing in the last 2 weeks.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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