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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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Symptom of malaria: Poor appetite (B_MLSYMAPP)

Data file: GIN1999-B.dat

Overview

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

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1102. What are the symptoms of malaria?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES MENTIONED.

FEVER A
LOW TEMPERATURE B
HEADACHE C
JOINT PAIN D
VOMITING E
DIARRHEA F
CHILLS (TREMBLING) G
COUGH AND SORE THROAT H
WEAKNESS I
LOSS OF APPETITE J
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
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
MLSYMAPP indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported poor appetite as a symptom of malaria.

concept

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