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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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Malaria spread by: Drinking cold beverages (W_MLSPREDDRCOLD)

Data file: GIN1999-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 768
End: 768
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1104. How do you catch malaria?
RECORD ALL RESPONSES MENTIONED.

WORKING A LONG TIME IN THE SUN A
WORKING IN THE RAIN B
WALKING BAREFOOT IN WATER C
DRINKING DIRTY WATER D
BATHING AT NIGHT WITH COLD WATER E
STAYING OUTSIDE IN THE COLD F
DRINKING A COOL DRINK G
GETTING A MOSQUITO BITE H
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
MLSPREDDRCOLD indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported drinking cold beverages as a way to get malaria.

concept

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