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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 ever had measles (C_MEASLESHAD)

Data file: YEM1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 860
End: 860
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
313) Did (NAME) ever have the measles?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT CHILD)
DON'T KNOW 3 (GO TO NEXT CHILD)
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
MEASLESHAD indicates whether the young child ever had measles, a viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, respiratory infection, diarrhea, and (more rarely) encephalitis, and can be fatal. Measles is highly contagious and is preventable by routine immunization.

concept

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