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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: Other (W_MLSYMOTH)

Data file: NAM2006-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1054
End: 1054
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
MLSYMOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported some other symptom of malaria. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a given sample.

concept

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