Demographic and Health Survey 2001-02 - IPUMS Subset

Zambia, 2001 - 2002

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Reference ID

ZMB_2001_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

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Central Statistical Office, Central Board of Health [Zambia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Number of days after fever started chloroquine first taken (C_FEVCHLOR1ST)

Data file: ZMB2001-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1438

End: 1439

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

474C. How long after the (fever/convulsions/fits) started did (NAME) first take Chloroquine?

SAME DAY 0
NEXT DAY 1
TWO DAYS AFTER THE FEVER 2
THREE OR MORE DAYS AFTER THE FEVER 3
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
00	Same day as fever/cough
10	Next day
20	2 days after
30	3(+) days after
31	4+ days after
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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 young children who took chloroquine for a fever in the past 2 weeks, FEVCHLOR1ST (ML16A) reports how many days after the fever began that the child first started to take chloroquine. The drug is generally prescribed to treat malaria.

concept

Concept

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

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