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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs cough needs treatment: Noisy breathing (C_COUTRNOISBREATH)

Data file: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 899
End: 899
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
468) When a child suffers a cough, what symptoms indicate that s/he must be brought to a health facility or to a healthcare worker?

RECORD ALL THAT ARE MENTIONED

RAPID RESPIRATION A
DIFFICULTY BREATHING B
LOUD RESPIRATION C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
DOESN'T EAT/DRINK WELL H
BECOMES SICKER/VERY ILL I
DOESN'T GET BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, noisy breathing
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
COUTRNOISBREATH indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that noisy breathing indicated that a child sick with a cough should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

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