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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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Days child took other antimalarial for fever/cough (C_FEVOTHMALDUR)

Data file: MDG2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1565
End: 1566
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
571. For how many days did (NAME) take the other antimalarial?
IF 7 DAYS OR MORE, RECORD 7.

NUMBER OF DAYS ___
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
01 1
02 2
03 3
04 4
05 5
06 6
07 7+
97 Don't know
98 Missing
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.

Description

Definition
For young children who took some other antimalarial drug for a fever in the past 2 weeks, FEVOTHMALDUR (ML23B) reports how many days the child took this other antimalarial drug. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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