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Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15 - IPUMS Subset

Rwanda, 2014 - 2015
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RWA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Health [Rwanda] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Sought help or care for symptoms of current illness (B_HSEEKCARE)

Data file: RWA2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1321
End: 1321
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1013) Have you ever sought care or help?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 1015)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 women who are currently experiencing symptoms of illness, HSEEKCARE indicates whether the woman has ever sought help or care for her symptoms. Symptoms identified in the survey are cough, fever, night sweats, unexpected weight loss, general fatigue, and/or chest pain, which could be indicators of HIV or tuberculosis infection.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Treatment for illness Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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