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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 polio (C_POLIOHAD)

Data file: IND1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 870
End: 870
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
POLIOHAD indicates whether the young child ever had polio, a viral infection that can destroy components of the spinal cord and cause paralysis. Polio can be contracted through fecally contaminated food/water or respiratory transmission, and is preventable by vaccination.

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