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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1998
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KEN_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: KEN1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1153
End: 1153
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. DISPENSARY C

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

MISSION HOSP/CLINIC D
OTHER PVT. HOSP/CLINIC E
PHARMACY F
PRIVATE DOCTOR G

MOBILE CLINIC H
COMM. HEALTH WORKER I

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP J
HERBALIST/TRAD. PRACT. K
RELATIVE/FRIEND L

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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