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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2000
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RWA_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Office National de la Population [Rwanda] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Way to avoid getting malaria: Other (B_MLPREOTH)

Data file: RWA2000-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 884
End: 884
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
496. What can a person do to avoid getting malaria?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED

REMAIN INSIDE A
REMAIN UNDER A MOSQUITO NET B
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES C
USE OF INSECTICIDES D
BURNING LEAVES/DUNG E
WEAR WARM CLOTHING F
TAKE ANTI-MALARIALS G
OTHER (SPECIFY)_____ X
DON'T KNOW Z (GO TO 498)
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
MLPREOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported some other way to avoid malaria. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

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