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Demographic and Health Survey 2003-04 - IPUMS Subset

Morocco, 2003 - 2004
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Reference ID
MAR_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministère de la Santé [Morocco], ORC Macro, et Ligue des États Arabes., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child ever had polio (C_POLIOHAD)

Data file: MAR2003-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1356
End: 1356
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
465a) Has (NAME) ever suffered from:

Whooping cough?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Measles?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Polio?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Diphtheria?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
POLIOHAD indicates whether the young child ever had polio, a viral infection that can destroy components of the spinal cord and cause paralysis. Polio can be contracted through fecally contaminated food/water or respiratory transmission, and is preventable by vaccination.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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