Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989

Reference ID

KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Source of medical treatment for child's last episode of fever (C_FEVTRWHO)

Data file: KEN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 592

End: 592

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

431. Was (NAME) taken to a private doctor, a hospital or clinic, a traditional healer, or any other place to treat the fever? IF YES: Where was he/she taken?

PRIVATE DOCTOR 1
HOSPITAL/CLINIC 2
TRADITIONAL HEALER 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 4
CHILD NOT TAKEN 5

Categories

Value	Category
0	No treatment
1	Private doctor
2	Hospital/clinic
3	Traditional healer
4	Health center
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)
5	Dispensary
6	Other

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 young children with a fever in the past 4 weeks, FEVTRWHO (H23) reports where the child was taken for medical treatment for the last fever episode.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Source for respiratory treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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