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Population and Family Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 1997
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JOR_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs cough needs treatment: Getting sicker (C_COUTRSICKER)

Data file: JOR1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 835
End: 835
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
568. When a child is sick with a cough, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FAST BREATHING A
DIFFICULT BREATHING B
NOISY BREATHING C
FEVER D
UNABLE TO DRINK E
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL F
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK G
NOT GETTING BETTER H
OTHER_________X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, getting sicker
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
COUTRSICKER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that the child getting sicker or being very sick from illness with a cough indicated the child should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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