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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1999
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ZWE_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: ZWE1999-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1368
End: 1368
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

CENTRAL HOSPITAL A
PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL B
DISTRICT/RURAL HOSPITAL C
RURAL HEALTH CENTRE D
RURAL/MUNICIPAL CLC E
VILLAGE COMMUNITY WORKER F
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) __________ G

MISSION FACILITY H

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC I
PRIVATE DOCTOR J
PHARMACY K
VILLAGE COMMUNITY WORKER L
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) __________ M

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP N
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER O

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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