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Demographic and Health Survey 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1994
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ZWE_1994_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs cough needs treatment: Don't know (W_COUTRDK)

Data file: ZWE1994-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2164
End: 2164
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
472) When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would tell you that he/she should be taken to a health facility? Any other signs? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FAST BREATHING A
DIFFICULT BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL F
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK G
NOT GETTING BETTER H
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No, knows some sign
1 Yes, doesn't know any sign
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
COUTRDK indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that she did not know any indication 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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