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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sign child's fever needs treatment: Other (C_FEVTROTHER)

Data file: MOZ2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 981
End: 981
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
490A. When a child is sick with fever, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker? Any other signs/symptoms?
CIRCLE ALL ANSWERS MENTIONED.

HIGH TEMPERATURE FEVER A
CHILD DOES NOT EAT/DRINK/NURSE B
WEAKNESS/VERY ILL C
CONVULSIONS D
WHITE HAND/PALM E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
FEVTROTHER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, some "other" indication that a child sick with a fever should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific responses included for a given survey.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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