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Demographic and Health Survey 1998-99 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1998 - 1999
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IND_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Recently had jaundice (H_JAUNDICEHH)

Data file: IND1998-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 294
End: 294
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
23. Did anyone listed suffer from jaundice at any time during the last twelve months?

YES 1
NO 2
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
JAUNDICEHH indicates whether the household member has had jaundice, a yellowing of skin and the whites of the eye caused by a build-up of bilirubin, a waste material found in the blood. Jaundice is often caused by liver disease or an obstruction of the bile duct.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Illness Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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