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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016
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AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child received ACT to treat malaria in past 2 weeks (H_MLTACT2WK)

Data file: AGO2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 464
End: 464
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
124) In the past 2 weeks, has (NAME OF CHILD) taken any antimalarial medication with artemisinin base (TCA) given by a health worker?
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YES 1 (GO TO 126)
NO 2 (GO TO 127)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 who tested positive for malaria but do not have severe malaria, MLTACT2WK indicates whether the child has taken ACTs (artemisinin combination therapy drugs) in the past 2 weeks.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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