Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007

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Reference ID

NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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What respondent would do if had malaria (W_MLHOWTREAT)

Data file: NAM2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1056

End: 1056

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

1007. What would you do if you suspected that you have malaria?

NOTHING 1
GO TO A HEALTH FACILITY/HEALTH PERSONNEL 2
GO TO A TRADITIONAL HEALER 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 6
DON' TKNOW 8 (GO TO 1013)

Categories

Value	Category
0	Nothing
1	Go to health facility/professional
2	Go to traditional healer
6	Other
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

MLHOWTREAT reports what the respondent would do, including seeking care (from a health facility/health professional or a traditional healer), if she believed she had malaria.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Malaria treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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