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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs cough needs treatment: Chest problem (B_COUTRCHEST)

Data file: GHA1998-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 837
End: 837
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
468. When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would you tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FAST BREATHING A
DIFFICULT BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
CHEST IN DRAWING E
UNABLE TO DRINK F
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL G
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK H
NOT GETTING BETTER I
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
COUTRCHEST indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that a chest problem indicated a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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