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 fever/cough treatment (C_FEVTREMEDFAC)

Data file: UGA1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1177

End: 1177

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

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

RECORD ALL MENTIONED

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
GOVERNMENT HEALTH CENTER B
GOVERNMENT HEALTH UNIT C
GOVERNMENT MOBILE CLINIC D
COMMERCIAL HEALTH CENTER 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	Did not receive any treatment
1	Received treatment
8	Missing
9	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For young children with a fever and/or cough in the past 2 weeks, FEVTREMEDFAC (H32Z) indicates whether they were taken to a medical facility for treatment for this illness.

According to the standard DHS recode manuals, a treatment source was considered a medical facility if it fell under the Public Sector or Medical Private Sector headers, except for Pharmacy.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness, treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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