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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 2006
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UGA_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Uganda Bureau of Statistics [Uganda] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child with cough has problem in chest or sinuses only (C_COUCHESTPROB)

Data file: UGA2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1639
End: 1639
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
535. When (NAME) had an illness with a cough, did he/she breathe faster than usual with short, rapid breaths or have difficulty breathing?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 538)
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
1 Chest only
2 Nose only
3 Both
6 Other
7 Don't know
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 surviving children under age 5 who experienced fast or difficult breathing in the past 2 weeks, COUCHESTPROB (H31C) indicates whether the child's difficulty in breathing was due to a problem in the chest and/or a blocked or runny nose.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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