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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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Adult has drenching night sweats (B_NIGHTSWEATS)

Data file: RWA2014-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1317
End: 1318
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1011) Do you currently have the following symptoms?

a. Cough

YES, TWO WEEKS OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN TWO WEEKS 2
NO 3

b. Fever

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

c. Drenching night sweats

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

d. Unexpected weight lost

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

e. General fatigue or malaise

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3

f. Chest pain

YES, ONE MONTH OR LONGER 1
YES, LESS THAN ONE MONTH 2
NO 3
Categories
Value Category
00 No
10 Yes
11 Yes, less than one month
12 Yes, one month or longer
98 Missing
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
NIGHTSWEATS indicates whether the woman currently has drenching night sweats. Night sweats may be a symptom of menopause, infection (such as tuberculosis or HIV), or other factors (such as hormone disorders).

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