Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-16

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016

Reference ID

TZA_2015_DHS-MIS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF, Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child's fever/cough treated by: ACT (antimalarial) (C_FEVGIVACT)

Data file: TZA2015-C

Overview

Valid: 0

Invalid: 0

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Range: -

Format:

Questions and instructions

Value	Category
0	No
10	Yes, child given ACT
11	Given ACT for fever
12	Given ACT for cough
13	Given ACT for fever or cough
14	Given ACT for fever and cough
15	Given ACT for fever or convulsions
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children with a fever or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVGIVACT (ML13E) indicates whether the child was given artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), which is used to treat malaria.

A few samples ask separately about drugs taken for fever and drugs taken for cough. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in composite coding. A first digit of 1 indicates the child received the drug, and the second digit indicates the child's illness. A code of "11" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever, a code of "12" indicates the child was given the drug for a cough, a code of "13" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever or a cough, a code of "14" indicates the child was given the drug for both a fever and a cough, and a code of "15" indicates the child was given the drug for a fever or convulsions. See Comparability for more information.

concept

Concept

Name	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- PERSON	IPUMS

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