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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 1987
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MLI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur la Population pour le Developpement (CERPOD) de l'Institut du Sahel and Institute for Resource Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Child ever had measles (C_MEASLESHAD)

Data file: MLI1987-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 680
End: 680
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
433. Has (NAME) had the measles?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 436)
DOESN'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 436)
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
MEASLESHAD indicates whether the young child ever had measles, a viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, respiratory infection, diarrhea, and (more rarely) encephalitis, and can be fatal. Measles is highly contagious and is preventable by routine immunization.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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