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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Way to avoid getting malaria: Remove standing water (B_MLPREWATER)

Data file: TZA2015-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1062
End: 1062
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1004) What are the ways to avoid getting malaria? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

SLEEP UNDER MOSQUITO NET A
USE MOSQUITO COILS B
USE INSECTICIDE SPRAY C
INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING (IRS) D
KEEP DOORS/WINDOWS CLOSED E
USE INSECT REPELLANT F
KEEP SURROUNDINGS CLEAN G
CUT THE GRASS H
REMOVE STANDING WATER I
INTERMITTENT PREVENTIVE TREATMENT (IPTP) J
HOUSE SCREENING K
OTHER (SPECIFY) X
DOES NOT KNOW ANY Z
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
MLPREWATER indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported removing standing water as a way to avoid malaria.

concept

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