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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Burkina Faso, 2003
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BFA_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de la Démographie, Ministère de l’Économie et du Développement [Burkina Faso] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Other (unspecified) treatment for child's fever/convulsions (C_FEVOTROTH)

Data file: BFA2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1515
End: 1515
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
466. Has (NAME) been ill with a fever at any time in the last 2 weeks?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

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474S. What was done to treat (NAME)'s fever/convulsions?

CONSULTED TRADITIONAL HEALER A
SWABBED WITH MOIST COMPRESSES B
GAVE MEDICINAL PLANTS/TRADITIONAL MEDICATIONS C
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 or convulsions in the past 2 weeks, FEVOTROTH (ML19X) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported the child was given some other (unspecified) treatment. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

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