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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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Way to avoid getting malaria: Not going out in the cold (W_MLPRECOLD)

Data file: GIN1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 781
End: 781
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1111. How can you avoid malaria?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES MENTIONED.

USE A MOSQUITO NET A
TAKE NIVAQUINE/CHLOROQUINE B
DRINK POTABLE WATER C
AVOID MOSQUITO BITES D
AVOID BATHING AT NIGHT E
AVOID WALKING IN THE SUN F
AVOID GOING OUT IN THE COLD G
MAKE SURE THAT THE HOUSE AND SURROUNDING AREA IS CLEAN H
CLOSE THE DOORS AND WINDOWS BEFORE NIGHT I
AVOID GOING TO MARSHES J
AVOID WALKING BAREFOOT IN THE RAIN K
GOOD DIET L
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
MLPRECOLD indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported not going out in the cold as a way to avoid malaria.

concept

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