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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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Sought treatment for fistula (W_FSSEEKTREAT)

Data file: MWI2016-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1138
End: 1138
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1118. Have you sought treatment for this condition?

YES 1 (GO TO 1120)
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
FSSEEKTREAT indicates whether the woman sought treatment for fistula. Question wording varied across surveys. See Comparability.

When children are chosen as the unit of analysis, the woman respondent indicates the mother of the child.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Fistula treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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