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Demographic and Health Survey 2005-06 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2005 - 2006
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ZWE_2005_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Other treatment for child's fever/convulsions: Warm sponging (C_FEVOTRSPONG)

Data file: ZWE2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1739
End: 1739
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
535) Has (NAME) been ill with a fever at any time in the last 2 weeks?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

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560) What was done about (NAME'S) fever?

CONSULTED TRADITIONAL HEALER A
GAVE TEPID SPONGING B
GAVE HERBS C
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ Y
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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 young children with a fever or convulsions in the past 2 weeks, FEVOTRSPONG (ML19B) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported the child was given a warm sponging for treatment.

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