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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2000
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ETH_2000_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Authority [Ethiopia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: ETH2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1271
End: 1271
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

GOVERNMENT

HOSPITAL A
HEALTH CENTER B
HEALTH STATION/CLINIC C
HEALTH POST D
COMMUNITY-BASED OUTLET E
OTHER GOVERNMENT (SPECIFY) _____________ F

NONGOVERNMENTAL (NGO)

NGO HEALTH FACILITY G
COMMUNITY-BASED OUTLET H
OTHER NGO (SPECIFY) ______________ I

PRIVATE MEDICAL

PRIVATE HOSPITAL J
PRIVATE DOCTOR/CLINIC K
PHARMACY L
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY)_______________ M

OTHER SOURCE

DRUG VENDOR N
SHOP O
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER P

OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ X
Categories
Value Category
0 Did not receive any treatment
1 Received treatment
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 young children with a fever and/or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTREMEDFAC (H32Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment for this illness.

According to the standard DHS recode manuals, a treatment source was considered a medical facility if it fell under the Public Sector or Medical Private Sector headers, except for Pharmacy.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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