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Demographic and Health Survey 2013-14 - IPUMS Subset

Central African Republic, 2013 - 2014
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COD_2013_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et Suivi de la Mise en œuvre de la Révolution de la Modernité (MPSMRM), Ministère de la Santé Publique (MSP) [Democratic Republic of the Congo] et ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Result of malaria measurement (H_MLTESTED)

Data file: COD2013-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 471
End: 471
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
314) RECORD THE RESULT CODE FROM THE MALARIA TDR TEST [RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST] HERE

TESTED 1
ABSENT 2 (GO TO 319)
REFUSED 3 (GO TO 319)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 319)
Categories
Value Category
1 Measured
2 Not present
3 Refused
4 Other
5 Sample not tested
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
MLTESTED (HML33) indicates whether the household member was tested (measured) for malaria.

The DHS uses two types of malaria tests: a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and laboratory testing of blood smears. The RDT test detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip.

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