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2000 Population and Housing Census - IPUMS Subset

Trinidad and Tobago, 2000
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TTO_2000_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS
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Use of medical facility in the past month (TT2000A_MEDFAC)

Data file: TTO2000_PHC-P-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 292
End: 292
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
<span class="h2">Section 4. Health - For all persons</span></p>

<p>15. Utilization of Medical Facility</p>

<p>Has (N) [the respondent] utilized a medical facility in the past month?</p>
<div class="i1">[] 1. Yes<br />[] 2. No [Skip to Q.17]<br /> [] 9. Not stated [Skip to Q.17]</div>
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
8 Unknown
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 4 - Health</span></p>

<p>The main objective of this section is to obtain information on the type of chronic illnesses affecting the population, the type of medical facilities frequented and whether or not individuals are covered by some form of health insurance. Data from this section will assist in the further study of the health sector of Trinidad and Tobago.</p>

<p><span class="em">Question 15 - Utilization of medical facility</span></p>

<p>This is a screening question for question 16. Responses are captured in three categories:</p>
<div class="i1">1. Yes<br />2. No<br />9. Not stated</div><p>If no or not stated, skip to question 17</p>

<p>It is important to probe since pharmacy is included as a type of medical facility utilized in question 16.

Description

Definition
This variable indicates whether the person used any medical facility in the past month.
Universe
Trinidad and Tobago 2000: All persons

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Other Person Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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