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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011
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CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Final say on woman's health care (B_DECFEMHCARE)

Data file: CMR2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 645
End: 645
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
823) Who usually has the last word in decisions about health care for yourself: you, your husband/partner, you and your husband/partner jointly, or someone else?

RESPONDENT HERSELF 1
HUSBAND/PARTNER 2
RESPONDENT AND HUSBAND/PARTNER TOGETHER 3
SOMEONE ELSE 4
OTHER 6
Categories
Value Category
1 Woman alone
2 Woman and husband/partner
3 Woman and someone else
4 Husband/partner
5 Someone else
6 Other/not applicable
8 Missing
9 NIU (not in universe)
7 Family elders/relatives
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
DECFEMHCARE (V743A) indicates who in the woman's household usually makes decisions regarding the woman's own healthcare.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Decision-making Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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