Demographic and Health Survey 2009 - IPUMS Subset

Lesotho, 2009

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Reference ID

LSO_2009_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ministry of Health and Social Welfare (MOHSW) [Lesotho] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Child had fever in last two/four weeks (C_FEVRECENT)

Data file: LSO2009-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1527

End: 1528

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

533 Has (NAME) been ill with a fever at any time in the last 2 weeks?

YES 1
NO 2 (SKIP TO 534)
DON'T KNOW 8 (SKIP TO 534)

Categories

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes, fever
21	Yes, fever in last 2 weeks
22	Yes, fever in last 4 weeks
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	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 surviving children born in the three to five years preceding the survey, FEVRECENT (H22) indicates whether the child had a fever in recent weeks (most often in the previous two weeks). See Comparability.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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