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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
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Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Result of malaria measurement (H_MLTESTED)

Data file: SEN2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 502
End: 502
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
217) RECORD TDR MALARIA RESULT CODE [TDR=RAPID DIAGNOSTIC TEST]

TESTED 1 (GO TO 219)
NOT PRESENT 2 (GO TO 219)
REFUSED 3 (GO TO 219)
OTHER 6 (GO TO 219)
Categories
Value Category
1 Measured
2 Not present
3 Refused
4 Other
5 Sample not tested
8 Missing
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
MLTESTED (HML33) indicates whether the household member was tested (measured) for malaria.

The DHS uses two types of malaria tests: a rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and laboratory testing of blood smears. The RDT test detects specific antigens (foreign substances provoking an immune response in the body) produced by malaria parasites, and reports the presence of those antigens via a color change within a few minutes after a drop of blood has been placed on an absorbing strip.

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