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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2014
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LSO_2014_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Lesotho] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Symptom of diabetes: Other (W_DIABSYMOTH)

Data file: LSO2014-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2743
End: 2743
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1012AA) What are symptoms of diabetes? PROBE: Any other symptoms?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FREQUENT URINATION A
FEELING VERY THIRSTY B
FEELING VERY HUNGRY C
EXTREME FATIGUE D
BLURRY VISION E
CUTS/BRUISES SLOW TO HEAL F
WEIGHT LOSS G
PAIN/TINGLING/NUMBNESS IN HANDS AND FEET H
OTHER X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
DIABSYMOTH indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the respondent reported some other symptom as a symptom of diabetes. The meaning of "other" must be interpreted relative to the specific categories included in a particular sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Diabetes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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