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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1998
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GHA_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: GHA1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1149
End: 1149
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
453. Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else?
PROBE FOR ALL THAT IS MENTIONED. RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC A
GVT. HEALTH CENTRE B
GVT. HEALTH POST C
MOBILE CLINIC D
COMM. HEALTH WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ____ F

PRIVATE SECTOR

HOSPITAL G
PHARMACY/DRUGSTORE/CHEMIST H
CLINIC I
MOBILE CLINIC J
COMM. HEALTH WORKER K
OTHER PRIVATE (SPECIFY) _____ L

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP M
TRAD. PRACTITIONER N
DRUG PEDDLER O
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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