ANMALTRAD_ALL variables are 1-digit variables.

0 = No
1 = Yes
7 = Don't know
8 = Missing
9 = NIU (not in universe)

Description

ANMALTRAD_ALL indicates whether the female respondent took traditional medicine to prevent malaria while pregnant.

For surveys that collected these data on multiple births during the reference period, ANMALTRAD_ALL consists of a set of five separate variables, covering the most recent birth (ANMALTRAD_01) up to the fifth-most-recent birth (i.e., ANMALTRAD_02, ANMALTRAD_03, ANMALTRAD_04, and ANMALTRAD_05) during the reference period prior to the survey. If ANMALTRAD_ALL is included in a data extract, all these separate variables are included in a researcher's data file.

For surveys including this information on only the most recent birth (ANMALTRAD_01), adding ANMALTRAD_ALL to a data extract will add only the single variable ANMALTRAD_01 to the researcher's customized data file.

See country-specific comparability for information on which surveys collected this information on all births, up to a maximum of five, in the reference period.

Comparability — Index

Comparability

ANMALTRAD_ALL has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

ANMALTRAD_ALL is based on a question about antimalarial drugs taken during pregnancy, which is included in Phase IV forward of the standard DHS questionnaire. ANMALTRAD_ALL is a country-specific variable.

Universe