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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
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Result of malaria rapid test (H_MLTRAPIDRES)

Data file: RWA2010-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 436
End: 436
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212C) RESULT OF MALARIA TEST

POSITIVE 1
NEGATIVE 2 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT CHILD OR IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT CHILD OR IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214)
Categories
Value Category
0 Negative
1 Positive
4 Not present
5 Refused
6 Other
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
MLTRAPIDRES (HML35) indicates whether the household member tested positive for malaria in the rapid test.

The rapid diagnostic test (RDT) detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip. The rapid test does not require access to laboratory facilities and thus can be done in the field.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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