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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

India, 1992 - 1993
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IND_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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International Institute for Population Sciences., Minnesota Population Center
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Child ever had measles (C_MEASLESHAD)

Data file: IND1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 873
End: 873
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
456. Did (NAME) ever have:

WHOOPING COUGH?

YES 1
NO 2

MEASLES?


YES 1
NO 2

POLIO?

YES 1
NO 2

DIPHTHERIA?

YES 1
NO 2

CHICKEN POX?

YES 1
NO 2

RICKETS?

YES 1
NO 2
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
MEASLESHAD indicates whether the young child ever had measles, a viral infection that can lead to rash, fever, respiratory infection, diarrhea, and (more rarely) encephalitis, and can be fatal. Measles is highly contagious and is preventable by routine immunization.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Misc childhood illnesses Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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