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Demographic and Health Survey 1996 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 1996
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TZA_1996_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Bureau of Statistics, Planning Commission [Tanzania] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Cost of other expenses (in Tanzanian shillings) (B_COSTOTHERTZ)

Data file: TZA1996-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 988
End: 992
Width: 5
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
478. How much did treatment cost you?
i. Transport cost
ii. Clinic fee
iii. Cost of drugs
iv. Other expenses

NO COST/EMPLOYER PAID 00000 (GO TO 480)
TRANSPORT COST ___
CLINIC FEE ___
COST OF DRUGS ___
OTHER EXPENSES ___
Categories
Value Category
00000 No cost/employer paid
99998 Missing
99999 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 women who have been ill in the past 4 weeks and who sought treatment, COSTOTHERTZ reports "other" costs related to treatment, in Tanzanian shillings. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Healthcare cost Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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