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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2015
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SEN_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child received ACT to treat malaria in past 2 weeks (H_MLTACT2WK)

Data file: SEN2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 511
End: 511
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
224) REFERENCE DECLARATION FOR SERIOUS MALARIA
The diagnostic test for malaria shows that (NAME OF CHILD) has malaria. You child has the symptoms of serious malaria. The antimalarial drugs that I have will not help your child, and I cannot give him/her treatment. You child is seriously ill and must be taken to a health care establishment immediately. (GO TO 231)

225) In the last two weeks, has (NAME) taken or is (NAME) taking CTA given to him/her by a doctor or health care establishment to treat malaria?
CHECK BY ASKING TO SEE THE TREATMENT

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 227)
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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 but do not have severe malaria, MLTACT2WK indicates whether the child has taken ACTs (artemisinin combination therapy drugs) in the past 2 weeks.

concept

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