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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF 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: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1769
End: 1769
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
541. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE.
IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE) __________________

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT HOSPITAL/POLYCLINIC A
GOVT HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT HEALTH POST/CHPS C
MOBILE CLINIC D
FIELDWORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ______ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PVT. DOCTOR H
PHARMACY I
MOBILE CLINIC J
FIELDWORKER K
FPG/PPAG CLINIC L
MATERNITY HOME M
OTHER PRIVATE MED. (SPECIFY)_____ N

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP/MARKET O
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER P
DRUG PEDDLER Q

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.

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