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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1999
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NGA_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: NGA1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1172
End: 1172
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
453. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT. HOSPITAL A
GOVT. HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT. HEALTH POST C
MOBILE CLINIC D
COMM. HEALTH WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ____________ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY/PMS H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
MOBILE CLINIC J
COMM. HEALTH WORKER K
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) _____________ L

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP M
TRAD. PRACTITIONER N
SPIRITUAL HEALER P

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 Did not receive any treatment
1 Received treatment
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
For young children with a fever and/or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTREMEDFAC (H32Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment for this illness.

According to the standard DHS recode manuals, a treatment source was considered a medical facility if it fell under the Public Sector or Medical Private Sector headers, except for Pharmacy.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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