Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2004

Reference ID

BGD_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Final say on children's health care (B_DECKIDHEALTH)

Data file: BGD2004-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 470

End: 470

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

812. Who in your family usually has the final say on the following decisions:

Your own health care?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

Child health care?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

Making large household purchases?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

Making household purchases for daily needs?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

Visits to family, friends, or relatives?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

What food should be cooked each day?

RESPONDENT 1
HUSBAND 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND JOINTLY 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
RESPONDENT AND SOMEONE ELSE JOINTLY 5

Value	Category
9	NIU (not in universe)
8	Missing
6	Other or not applicable
5	Someone else
4	Husband/partner
3	Woman and someone else
2	Woman and husband/partner
1	Woman alone

Description

Definition

DECKIDHEALTH reports who has the final say on the children's health care.

The related variable DECKIDHCARE (V466) indicates whether the respondent can decide whether a sick child gets medical treatment.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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