Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset
Cameroon, 2004
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Child's fever/cough treated by: Home remedy or herbal medicine (C_FEVGIVHERB)
Data file: CMR2004-C.dat
Overview
Type:
Discrete
Decimal:
0
Start:
1711
End:
1712
Width:
2
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
DON'T KNOW 8
*****
474S) What was done for (NAME'S) fever/convulsions?
CONSULTED TRADITIONAL HEALER A
GAVE TEPID SPONGING B
GAVE HERBS C
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
*****
474S) What was done for (NAME'S) fever/convulsions?
CONSULTED TRADITIONAL HEALER A
GAVE TEPID SPONGING B
GAVE HERBS C
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
Categories
| Value | Category |
|---|---|
| 16 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for fever or difficult/rapid breathing |
| 00 | No |
| 10 | Yes, child given traditional herbs/medicines |
| 11 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for fever |
| 12 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for cough |
| 13 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for fever or cough |
| 14 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for fever and cough |
| 15 | Given home remedy/herbal medicine for fever or convulsions |
| 97 | Don't know |
| 98 | Missing |
| 99 | 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 cough in the past 2 to 4 weeks, FEVGIVHERB indicates whether the child was given a home remedy or herbal medicine.
A few samples ask separately about drugs taken for fever and drugs taken for cough. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in composite coding. A first digit of 1 indicates the child received the drug, and the second digit indicates the child's illness:
11: The child was given the remedy for a fever
12: The child was given the remedy for a cough
13: The child was given the remedy for a fever or a cough
14: The child was given the remedy for both a fever and a cough
15: The child was given the remedy for a fever or convulsions
16: The child was given the remedy for a fever or difficult/rapid breathing
See Comparability for more information.
A few samples ask separately about drugs taken for fever and drugs taken for cough. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in composite coding. A first digit of 1 indicates the child received the drug, and the second digit indicates the child's illness:
11: The child was given the remedy for a fever
12: The child was given the remedy for a cough
13: The child was given the remedy for a fever or a cough
14: The child was given the remedy for both a fever and a cough
15: The child was given the remedy for a fever or convulsions
16: The child was given the remedy for a fever or difficult/rapid breathing
See Comparability for more information.
concept
Concept
| var_concept.title | Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS | IPUMS |