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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: BEN2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1677
End: 1677
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
524) What (else) was given to treat the diarrhea?
Anything else?
RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
ZINC C
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIMOTILITY OR ZINC) D
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP E

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC F
NON-ANTIBIOTIC G
UNKNOWN INJECTION H

(IV) INTRAVENOUS I
HOME REMEDY/HERBAL MEDICINE J
OTHER______ (SPECIFY) X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVANTIB (H15A) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given antibiotics to treat this illness.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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