Description

For women who had malaria in the last year, were prescribed medication to treat the malaria, and purchased the prescribed medication, MLTRELRXGH1 indicates whether they purchased the anti-malarial medication at a private pharmacy. This response category is country-specific to Ghana.

Some samples in the "MLTRELRX" series include multiple categories that can be consolidated into a single broad response. IPUMS DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these response in a standard variable, while also preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

MLTRELRXGH1 is combined with MLTRELRXGH2 (private chemist/drug store) in MLTRELRXPRIVDRUG (all private, formal drug sources) for the 2016 Ghana sample. IPUMS DHS users interested in using MLTRELRXGH1 are encouraged to review MLTRELRXPRIVDRUG for a more comprehensive response category.

Comparability

MLTRELRXGH1 has no comparability problems.

Comparability - Standard DHS

MLTRELRXGH1 is a country-specific variable, and it is not included in any phase of the standard DHS questionnaire.

Although MLTRELRXGH1 is a country-specific response not included in the standard DHS questionnaire, it is combined with other responses in MLTRELRXPRIVDRUG, which encompasses all private, formal drug sources for malaria treatment. IPUMS DHS users are encouraged to review the Description tab of MLTRELRXGH1 or the Comparability tab of MLTRELRXPRIVDRUG for more information on the specific categories combined for the 2016 Ghana sample.

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