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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child has health card (B_HEALTHCARDKID)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1753
End: 1754
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
504A. Do you have a Health Passport or other document where (NAME)'s vaccinations are written down?

YES, HAS ONLY A HEALTH PASSPORT 1 (GO TO 507A)
YES, HAS ONLY AN OTHER DOCUMENT 2
YES, HAS HEALTH PASSPORT AND OTHER DOCUMENT 3 (GO TO 507A)
NO, NO HEALTH PASSPORT AND NO OTHER DOCUMENT 4
Categories
Value Category
10 No card
11 No longer has card
20 Yes, currently has card
21 Yes, card seen
22 Yes, card not seen
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
23 Yes, card seen from health facility
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
HEALTHCARDKID (H1) indicates whether the child had a health card and, if so, whether the card was seen by the interviewer. Child health cards were examined to determine whether and, if so, when, the child received specific vaccinations.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child vaccination, general Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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