Definition
For young children with a fever or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTRMW1 indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment at a private pharmacy for this illness. This response category is country-specific to Malawi.
Some samples in the "FEVTR" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.
FEVTRMW1 is combined with FEVTRMW2 (private dispensary) in FEVTRPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 1992 Malawi sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using FEVTRMW1 are encouraged to review FEVTRPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.