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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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Signs cough needs treatment: Other (W_COUTROTHER)

Data file: IND1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1992
End: 1992
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
485. When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?
Any other signs?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

RAPID BREATHING A
DIFFICULT BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL F
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK G
NOT GETTING BETTER H
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, other
8 Missing
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
COUTROTHER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" indication that a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific responses included for a given survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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