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Demographic and Health Survey 1999 - IPUMS Subset

Guinea, 1999
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GIN_1999_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Direction Nationale de la Statistique, Ministère du Plan et de la Coopération [Guinea] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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How woman avoids malaria: Other (B_MLPRESOTH)

Data file: GIN1999-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 805
End: 805
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1116. What do you do to avoid malaria?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES MENTIONED.

USES A MOSQUITO NET A
TAKES NIVAQUINE/CHLOROQUINE B
DRINKS POTABLE WATER C
AVOIDS MOSQUITO BITES D
AVOIDS BATHING AT NIGHT E
AVOIDS WALKING IN THE SUN F
AVOIDS GOING OUT IN THE COLD G
MAKES SURE THAT THE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING AREA IS CLEAN H
CLOSES THE DOORS AND WINDOWS BEFORE NIGHT I
AVOIDS GOING TO MARSHES J
AVOIDS WALKING BAREFOOT IN THE RAIN K
GOOD DIET L
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MLPRESOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported using some other method to avoid malaria. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria prevention Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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