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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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Malaria spread by: Other (W_MLSPREDOTH)

Data file: NAM2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1039
End: 1039
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1006. What causes malaria?
PROBE: Any other causes?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

MOSQUITO BITES A
RAIN B
UNHIGIENIC ENVIRONMENT C
SLEEPING WITH SOMEONE WITH MALARIA D
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
MLSPREDOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported some other method as a way to get malaria. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

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