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Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1995
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EGY_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: EGY1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1147
End: 1147
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
614. Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GVT. HOSPITAL A
GVT. HEALTH UNIT B

MEDICAL PRIVATE SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC C
PRIVATE DOCTOR D
PHARMACY E

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER F

RELATIVES/FRIENDS G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
Categories
Value Category
0 Did not receive any treatment
1 Received treatment
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 and/or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTREMEDFAC (H32Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment for this illness.

According to the standard DHS recode manuals, a treatment source was considered a medical facility if it fell under the Public Sector or Medical Private Sector headers, except for Pharmacy.

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