Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989

Reference ID

UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child had fever in last two/four weeks (C_FEVRECENT)

Data file: UGA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 659

End: 660

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

430) Has (NAME) had fever in the last four weeks?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 433)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 433)

Categories

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes, fever
21	Yes, fever in last 2 weeks
22	Yes, fever in last 4 weeks
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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 surviving children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, FEVRECENT (H22) indicates whether the child had a fever in recent weeks (most often in the previous two weeks). See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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