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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child ever had bilharzia (C_BILHKIDEV)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 704
End: 704
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
436C. Has (NAME) ever suffered from bilharzia?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO NEXT COL FOR NEXT BIRTH)
DK 8 (GO TO NEXT COL FOR NEXT BIRTH)
Categories
Value Category
1 Yes
2 No
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
BILHKIDEV indicates whether the young child ever had bilharzia (also known as schistosomiasis), a disease caused by parasitic worms. The CDC reports here [URL omitted from DDI.] that "more than 200 million people are infected worldwide. In terms of impact, this disease is second only to malaria as the most devastating parasitic disease." Bilharzia is considered one of the Neglected Topical Diseases (NTD), a group of parasitic and bacterial diseases that lead to disfigurement, debilitation, or death, and that are largely confined to the world's poorest communities.

Bilharzia is contracted through skin contact with contaminated freshwater and can be effectively treated with prescription medicine.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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