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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 1998
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ZAF_1998_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Health [South Africa] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Source of diarrhea treatment: Other (C_DIATROTH)

Data file: ZAF1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1095
End: 1095
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT. HOSPITAL A
DAY HOSP/CLINIC/COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER B
MOBILE CLINIC D
COMM. HEALTH WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) __________________ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) __________________ J

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ___________________ J

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP K
TRAD. HEALER L

OTHER (SPECIFY) _______________ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATROTH (H12X) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment at some "other" source. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific response categories included in a given sample. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Survey Text tab to better discern the exact meaning of "other" for samples of interest.

Users should be careful to distinguish this variable from DIATRPUBOTH ("other" under the public medical sector) and DIATRPRIVOTH ("other" under the private medical sector). DIATROTH includes those "other" categories that do not fit into the public or private medical sector.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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