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2015 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Sierra Leone, 2015
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SLE_2015_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Statistics Sierra Leone (SLL), IPUMS
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Number of persons confirmed having Ebola virus disease (EVD) (SL2015A_NEBOLA)

Data file: SLE2015_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 269
End: 270
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
E1. How many members of your household have been confirmed positive of contracting the EVD? _ _</p>

<p>If no member, go to E4
Categories
Value Category
00 0
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5+
99 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.
Interviewer instructions
<span class="h3"> Section 7: Ebola socio-economic impact</span></p>

<p>236. Enumerators should ensure that questions in this section are asked in a polite and skillful manner in order to get cooperation from the respondents.</p>

<p>237. Remember that this section is administered at household level and not at structure level. There is the tendency for respondents to give you information about the structure and not their households.</p>

<p><span class="em">E1- Members of the household that were confirmed positive of contacting the EVD</span>
<br />238. Ask how many members of the household were confirmed positive of contracting the Ebola virus disease. Record responses in the appropriate space. For example; if 3 persons were confirmed positive of contracting the EVD, record "03". If 10 household members were confirmed positive, record "10" in the space provided. If no member was confirmed positive record "00" and skip to E3.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates the number of persons confirmed having Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the household.
Universe
Sierra Leone 2015: Occupied private households [discrepancies: none]

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Household Variables -- HOUSEHOLD IPUMS
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