Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008

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Reference ID

GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Source of diarrhea treatment: Drug vendor, informal (C_DIATROTHDRUG)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1883

End: 1883

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

523. Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else?

PROBE TO IDENTIFY THE TYPE OF SOURCE AND CIRCLE THE APPROPRIATE CODE(S).

IF UNABLE TO DETERMINE IF A HOSPITAL, HEALTH CENTER, OR CLINIC IS PUBLIC OR PRIVATE MEDICAL, WRITE THE NAME OF THE PLACE.

(NAME OF PLACE(S)) __________________

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVT HOSPITAL/POLYCLINIC A
GOVT HEALTH CENTER B
GOVT HEALTH POST/CHPS C
MOBILE CLINIC D
FIELDWORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) _____ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
PVT DOCTOR I
MOBILE CLINIC J
FIELDWORKER K
FPG/PPAG CLINIC L
MATERNITY HOME M
OTHER PRIVATE MED. (SPECIFY) ______N

OTHER SOURCE

SHOP/MARKET O
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER P
DRUG PEDDLER Q

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIATROTHDRUG indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child received treatment from an informal drug or street vendor.

IPUMS-DHS users should be careful to distinguish this variable from DIATRPUBDRUG and DIATRPRIVDRUG, country-specific variables that refer to public drug sources and private, formal drug sources, respectively.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Place for diarrhea treatment, general Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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