Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1995

Reference ID

UGA_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Statistics Department, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child taken to medical facility for diarrhea treatment (C_DIATREMEDFAC)

Data file: UGA1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1220

End: 1220

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

466) Where did you seek advice or treatment? Anywhere else?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
GOVERNMENT HEALTH CENTER B
GOVERNMENT HEALTH POST C
GOVERNMENT MOBILE CLINIC D
COMMERCIAL HEALTH WORKER E
OTHER PUBLIC (SPECIFY) ____________ F

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
PRIVATE MOBILE CLINIC J
COMMERCIAL HEALTH WORKER K
OTHER PRIVATE MEDICAL (SPECIFY) ___________ L

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP M
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER N

OTHER (SPECIFY) ______________ X

Value	Category
0	No
1	Yes, treatment at medical facility
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children with diarrhea in the last two weeks, DIATREMEDFAC (H12Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment. Based on standard DHS variables H12A to H12X, DIATREMEDFAC indicates whether the child was taken to any of the facilities listed under the "Public Sector" and "Medical Private Sector" headers, except for Pharmacy. The exact sources of treatment included in this grouping may vary across samples; see Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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