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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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ZAF_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
National Department of Health (NDoH) [South Africa], Statistics South Africa (Stats SA), South African Medical Research Council (SAMRC), and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Source of recent health care: Faith healer (other) (South Africa) (C_HCZA5)

Data file: ZAF2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1356
End: 1356
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
HCZA5 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported seeking medical help from a faith healer. This variable is country-specific to South Africa.

Some samples in the "HC" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

HCZA5 is combined with HCZA3 (traditional healer) and HCZA4 (traditional herbalist) in HCPRIVHL (all traditional practitioners/healers) for the 2016 South Africa sample. IPUMS-DHS users interested in using HCZA5 are encouraged to reviewer HCPRIVHL for a more comprehensive response category.

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var_concept.title Vocabulary
Treatment for illness Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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