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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Myanmar, 2015 - 2016
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MMR_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Sports (MoHS) [Myanmar] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Sign child needs treatment: Signs of dengue fever (C_TRDENGUE)

Data file: MMR2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1131
End: 1131
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
556A) Sometimes children have severe illness and should be taken immediately to a health facility. What types of symptoms would cause you to take your child to a health facility right away? Any other symptoms?

CHILD NOT ABLE TO DRINK OR BREASTFEED A
CHILD BECOMES SICKER B
CHILD DEVELOPS A FEVER C
CHILD HAS FAST BREATHING D
CHILD HAS DIFFICULT BREATHING E
CHILD HAS BLOOD IN STOOL F
CHILD IS DRINKING POORLY G
CHILD DEVELOPS RASHES H
CHILD HAS DIARRHEA I
OTHER___(SPECIFY) X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
8 Missing
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
TRDENGUE indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that a child who shows signs of dengue fever given should immediately be taken to a health facility. Common symptoms of dengue fever include a high fever, headache, joint and muscle pain, fatigue, nausea, vomiting, rash, and mild bleeding.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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