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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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Symptom of child testing positive for malaria: Difficult or rapid breathing (H_MLTSYMBRE)

Data file: SEN2015-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 513
End: 513
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
220) REFERENCE DECLARATION FOR SEVERE ANEMIA
The anemia diagnostic test show that (NAME OF CHILD) has severe anemia. You child is seriously ill and must be taken to a health care establishment immediately. (GO TO 232)

221) Did (NAME) suffer from any of the following illness or present one or more of the following symptoms? IF NONE OF THE ABOVE SYMPTOMS, CIRCLE CODE Y

EXTREME WEAKNESS A
HEART PROBLEMS B
LOSS OF CONSCIOUSNESS C
RAPID OR DIFFICULTY BREATHING D
CONVULSIONS E
ABNORMAL BLEEDING F
JAUNDICE/YELLOW SKIN G
DARK URINE H

NONE OF ABOVE SYMPTOMS Y
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, MLTSYMBRE indicates whether the child experienced difficult or rapid breathing.

concept

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