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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1992 - 1993
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IND_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences., Minnesota Population Center
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Child taken to medical facility for fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: IND1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 901
End: 901
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
466. Where did you seek advice or treatment?
Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT./MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL A
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE B
SUB-CENTRE C
MOBILE CLINIC D
VILLAGE HEALTH GUIDE E
GOVERNMENT PARAMEDIC F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY/DRUGSTORE H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
MOBILE CLINIC J
COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER K


OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP L
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER M

OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ N
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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