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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

South Africa, 2016
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Reference ID
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: Traditional herbalist (other) (South Africa) (M_HCMNZA4)

Data file: ZAF2016-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 870
End: 870
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
HCMNZA4 indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question about the source for medical care, the man reported seeking help from a traditional herbalist. This variable is country-specific to South Africa.

concept

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