Demographic and Health Survey 2001 - IPUMS Subset

Mali, 2001

Reference ID

MLI_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Cellule de Planification et de Statistique du Ministere de la Sante' (CPS/MS) [Mali], Direction Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Informatique (DNSI) [Mali], and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child taken to medical facility for diarrhea treatment (C_DIATREMEDFAC)

Data file: MLI2001-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1507

End: 1507

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

482. Where did you seek advice or treatment for the diarrhea?
Anywhere else?
RECORD EVERYTHING MENTIONED.

IF IT IS A HOSPITAL, A HEALTH CENTER OR A CLINIC, RECORD THE NAME OF THE PLACE. PROBE TO DETERMINE THE SECTOR AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE(S).

PLACE NAME _____

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
GOVERNMENT HEALTH CENTER B
MATERNITY/GOVERNMENT PMI C
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) _____ D

PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC E
PHARMACY F
PRIVATE DOCTOR G
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ____ H

COMMUNITY SECTOR

HEALTH CENTER I

PARA-PUBLIC SECTOR

MATERNITY/PMI J
OTHER MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ___ K

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP L
TRADITIONAL HEALER M

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, treatment at medical facility
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children with diarrhea in the last two weeks, DIATREMEDFAC (H12Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment. Based on standard DHS variables H12A to H12X, DIATREMEDFAC indicates whether the child was taken to any of the facilities listed under the "Public Sector" and "Medical Private Sector" headers, except for Pharmacy. The exact sources of treatment included in this grouping may vary across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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