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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 ever had rickets (C_RICKETSHAD)

Data file: IND1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 871
End: 871
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
456. Did (NAME) ever have:

WHOOPING COUGH?

YES 1
NO 2

MEASLES?


YES 1
NO 2

POLIO?

YES 1
NO 2

DIPHTHERIA?

YES 1
NO 2

CHICKEN POX?

YES 1
NO 2

RICKETS?

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
RICKETSHAD indicates whether the young child ever had rickets, a condition involving bone weakness that can lead to bony deformities. Rickets is usually caused by vitamin D and/or calcium deficiency.

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