Demographic and Health Survey 2017 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2017

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Reference ID

SEN_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], et ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Jan 16, 2021

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Treatment given for child's malaria (H_MLTTREAT)

Data file: SEN2017-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 514

End: 514

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

113m) Treatment for children with positive malaria test

CHILD LESS THAN ONE YEAR OLD OR LESS THAN 8 KGS.

25 mg tablet of Artesunate and 67.5 mg of Amodiaquine (Rose striped brochure)

DAY 1 (1 TABLET)
DAY 1 (1 TABLET)
DAY 1 (1 TABLET)

Categories

Value	Category
1	Medicine refused
2	Medicine accepted
3	Referred for treatment: severe malaria
4	Referred for treatment: child already taking ACT
5	Other
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

For young children who tested positive for malaria, MLTTREAT indicates whether medicine for the child was accepted or refused, or whether the child was referred for malaria treatment.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Malaria testing Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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