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Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992
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YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: YEM1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 897
End: 897
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
305) Was the advice of the following persons sought on how to treat the cough? READ OUT LIST

PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

COOPERATIVE HEALTH SERVICE

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

PRIVATE DOCTOR

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

PHARMACY

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

TRADITIONAL MIDWIFE

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

TRADITIONAL HERBALIST

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

RELATIVES/FRIENDS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3

ANYONE ELSE (SPECIFY)____

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 3
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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