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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptom of malaria: Body aches (B_MLSYMBDYACH)

Data file: NAM2006-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1047
End: 1047
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1005A. What are the signs of malaria?
PROBE: Any other signs?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

HEADACHE A
CHILLS B
HIGH TEMPERATURE C
BODY PAIN D
LOSS OF ENERGY E
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
DON'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
MLSYMBDYACH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported body aches as a symptom of malaria.

concept

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