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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Blood taken from child's finger or heel for testing (C_FEVBLOODTEST)

Data file: PAK2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1397
End: 1397
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
524) At any time during the illness, did (NAME) have blood taken from his/her finger or heel for testing?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 surviving children under age 5 who had a fever in the past 2 weeks, FEVBLOODTEST (H47) indicates whether blood was taken from the child's finger or heel for testing. Such testing might have been done to determine whether malaria-causing parasites were in the blood.

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