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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Source of diarrhea treatment: Dispensary (public) (C_DIATRPUBDRUG)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1055
End: 1055
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE B
DISPENSARY C
OTHER FIXED FACILITY D
MOBILE CLINIC E

MEDICAL PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL F
PRIVATE HEALTH CENTRE G
DISPENSARY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
CHEMIST J
MOBILE CLINIC K

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP L
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER M

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ N
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 surviving children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATRPUBDRUG indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment at a public pharmacy or dispensary for this illness.

Users should be careful to distinguish this variable from DIATRPRIVDRUG and DIATROTHDRUG, which refer to private drug sources and informal drug sources, respectively.

Some samples that included pharmacy or dispensary as a potential source of treatment were not added to DIATRPUBDRUG due to comparability issues. IPUMS-DHS users are encouraged to review the Comparability tab for more information on these samples.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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