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Demographic and Health Survey 2017 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2017
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SEN_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], et ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Agrees to referral for anemia (members under age 5) (H_ANEMIAREFHHLT5)

Data file: SEN2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 720
End: 720
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
113d) Reference declaration for severe anemia

The anemia diagnostic test show that (name of child) has severe anemia. You child is seriously ill and must be taken to a health care establishment immediately (GO TO 114)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
6 Other
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
For household members under age 5, ANEMIAREFHHLT5 (HC58) indicates whether their parent or guardian agreed to their referral for treatment after hemoglobin blood tests revealed anemia. According to the DHS Recode Manuals, "In case where the anemia level is severe, respondents are asked whether this information can be given to a doctor at a specified health facility for follow up."

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child blood testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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