Demographic and Health Survey 2005 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2005

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SEN_2005_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

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Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Humain [Sénégal] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Barrier to woman's health care: Getting permission (C_BHCPERMIT)

Data file: SEN2005-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1169

End: 1170

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

Now I would like to ask you questions about your own medical care.

490. Different reasons can prevent women from getting advice or medical treatment for themselves. When you are sick and want advice or medical treatment, do the following things pose a problem for you or not?

Knowing where to go.
Getting permission to go.
Getting the necessary money for the treatment.
Not having a medical establishment nearby.
Needing to take a mode of transport.
Not wanting to go alone.
Concern that there are no female personnel.

WHERE TO GO

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

PERMISSION

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

MONEY

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

DISTANCE

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

TRANSPORTATION

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

GOING ALONE

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

FEMALE PERSONNEL

A BIG PROBLEM 1
NOT A BIG PROBLEM 2

Value	Category
10	Not a big problem
11	No problem at all
12	Small problem
20	Is big problem
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

BHCPERMIT (V467B) indicates whether the woman reported "obtaining permission to go to the doctor/seek treatment" as a barrier to getting medical care for herself.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Access to care Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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