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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999
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IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: IND1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 995
End: 995
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
468. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC MEDICAL SECTOR

GOVT./MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL A
GOVT. DISPENSARY B
UHC/UHP/UFWC C
CHC/RURAL HOSPITAL/PHC D
SUB-CENTRE E
GOVT. MOBILE CLINIC F
GOVT. PARAMEDIC G
CAMP H
OTHER PUBLIC SECTOR HEALTH FACILITY I

NGO/TRUST HOSP./CLINIC J
NGO WORKER K

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/ CLINIC L
PVT. DOCTOR M
PVT. MOBILE CLINIC N
PVT. PARAMEDIC O
VAIDYA/HAKIM/HOMEOPATH P
TRADITIONAL HEALER Q
PHARMACY/DRUGSTORE R
OTHER PRIVATE HEALTH FACILITY S

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP T
FRIEND/RELATIVE U

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.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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