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Demographic and Health Survey 2010 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2010
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RWA_2010_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Cost of other health-related items for HH in last 4 weeks (H_HHOTHHLTHCOSTHH)

Data file: RWA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 344
End: 349
Width: 6
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
178) (Not including the costs for the health care consultations you told me about), how much did all members of your household spend on health-related items in the last four weeks? We want to include all health-related items such as drugs, vitamins, herbal remedies, family planning methods, and so on.

SPENT ON HEALTH LAST FOUR WEEKS___
Categories
Value Category
000000 No cost/free
999994 Item not applicable
999995 Paid in kind only
999996 Non-resident
999997 Don't know
999998 Missing
999999 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
HHOTHHLTHCOST reports how much the household spent on health-related items without a consultation in the last four weeks. This includes buying vitamins, medicines and herbal remedies without consulting a health provider, pharmacy, or traditional healer. This also other-health related items, such as bandages/plasters, thermometers, or other medical devices.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Healthcare Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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