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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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Result of malaria measurement (H_MLTESTED)

Data file: RWA2014-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 410
End: 410
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212A) RECORD RESULT CODE OF MALARIA TEST

TESTED 1
NOT PRESENT 2 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT CHILD OR IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214)
REFUSED 3 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT CHILD OR IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 203 FOR NEXT CHILD OR IF NO MORE CHILDREN, GO TO 214)
Categories
Value Category
1 Measured
2 Not present
3 Refused
4 Other
5 Sample not tested
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
MLTESTED (HML33) indicates whether the household member was tested (measured) for malaria.

The DHS uses two types of malaria tests: a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and laboratory testing of blood smears. The RDT test detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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