Population and Family Health Survey 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 1990

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JOR_1990_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Jordan Department of Statistics., Minnesota Population Center

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Child's illness before death: Convulsions (C_ILLPREDCONV)

Data file: JOR1990-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1066

End: 1066

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

636) During the illness leading to the death of (NAME), did he/she have one or more of the following symptoms?

a. Unable to suck milk or did not suck normally after birth?

UNABLE TO SUCK:

YES 1
NO 2

b. Unable to open mouth to cry?

UNABLE TO CRY:

YES 1
NO 2

c. Fever?

FEVER:

YES 1
NO 2

d. Rash?

RASH:

YES 1
NO 2

e. Cough?

COUGH:

YES 1
NO 2

f. Red, teary eyes?

RED, TEARY EYES:

YES 1
NO 2

g. Prolonged cough followed by vomiting?

PROLONGED COUGH FOLLOWED BY VOMITTING:

YES 1
NO 2

h. Whooping cough?

WHOOPING COUGH:

YES 1
NO 2

i. Red hair?

RED HAIR:

YES 1
NO 2

j. Swollen face and feet?

SWOLLEN FACE AND FEET:

YES 1
NO 2

k. Emaciated/ very thin?

EMACIATED:

YES 1
NO 2

l. Three or more stools per day?

THREE OR MORE STOOLS PER DAY:

YES 1
NO 2

m. Difficult and rapid breathing?

DIFFICULT AND RAPID BREATHING:

YES 1
NO 2

n. Convulsions?

CONVULSIONS:

YES 1
NO 2

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
7	Don't know
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children who have died, ILLPREDCONV indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the child's mother reported the child suffered from convulsions (rolling of the eyes and loss of consciousness) before death.

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Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Cause of death Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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