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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Child with cough has problem in chest or sinuses only (C_COUCHESTPROB)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1502
End: 1502
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
536. Was the fast and difficult breathing due to a problem in the chest or a blocked or runny nose?

CHEST ONLY 1 (GO TO 538)
NOSE ONLY 2 (GO TO 538)
BOTH 3 (GO TO 538)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ 6 (GO TO 538)
DOESN'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 538)
Categories
Value Category
1 Chest only
2 Nose only
3 Both
6 Other
7 Don't know
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 surviving children under age 5 who experienced fast or difficult breathing in the past 2 weeks, COUCHESTPROB (H31C) indicates whether the child's difficulty in breathing was due to a problem in the chest and/or a blocked or runny nose.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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