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Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 2005
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GIN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan [Guinea] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Other treatment for child's fever/convulsions: Herbal medicine (C_FEVOTRHERB)

Data file: GIN2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1541
End: 1541
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
466. Has (NAME) been ill with a fever at any time in the last 2 weeks?

YES 1
NO 2
DOESN'T KNOW 8

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474S. What was done for (NAME)'s (fever/convulsions)?
Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

CONSULTED TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER A
USED DAMP COMPRESS B
GAVE MEDICINAL PLANTS C
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
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
For young children with a fever or convulsions in the past 2 weeks, FEVOTRHERB (ML19C) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported the child was given herbs or herbal medicine for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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