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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptom of malaria: Weakness (W_MLSYMWEAK)

Data file: TZA2015-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1076
End: 1076
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1002) Can you tell me the signs or symptoms of malaria in a young child? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FEVER A
FEELING COLD B
CHILLS C
PERSPIRATION/SWEATING D
HEADACHE E
BODY ACHES F
POOR APPETITE G
VOMITING H
DIARRHEA I
WEAKNESS J
COUGHING K
OTHER (SPECIFY) X
DOES NOT KNOW ANY 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
MLSYMWEAK indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported weakness as a symptom of malaria.

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