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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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Member very sick for 3 months or more in last year (H_SICK3MO)

Data file: NAM2006-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 217
End: 217
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
IF AGE 18-59 YEARS:
SICK PERSON (12)
Has (NAME) been very sick for at least 3 months during the past 12 months, that is (NAME) was too sick to work or do normal activities?

Y 1
N 2
DK 8
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
For adult, non-elderly household members (age 18-59), SICK3MO (HV130) indicates whether the person has been very sick for 3 months or more in the last year.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Core demographic Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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