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Demographic and Health Survey 2006 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2006
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BEN_2006_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) in collaboration with the Programme National de Lutte contre le Sida (PNLS) [Bénin] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Disposal of youngest child's stools (when not using toilet) (C_DISPOSESTOOL)

Data file: BEN2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1194
End: 1195
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
485) What do you usually do with your (youngest) child's stools when he/she doesn't use the toilet? At other times?

CHILD USES TOILET OR LATRINE 01
PUT INTO TOILET OR LATRINE 02
PUT OUTSIDE DWELLING 03
PUT OUTSIDE OF COURTYARD 04
BURY IN COURTYARD 05
GETS RID OF IT BY WASHING IT WITH WATER 06
USES DISPOSABLE DIAPERS 07
USES WASHABLE DIAPERS 08
DOESN'T GET RID OF THEM 09
OTHER (SPECIFY) _________ 96
Categories
Value Category
10 Always use toilet/latrine
20 Put/rinsed in place with water
21 Put/rinsed in toilet/latrine
22 Put/rinsed in drain or ditch
23 Rinsed away stools
30 Throw away somewhere
31 Throw outside the dwelling
32 Throw outside the yard
33 Throw into garbage
34 Left out in the open
40 Buried
50 Use disposable diapers
60 Use washable diapers
70 Other
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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
DISPOSESTOOL (V465) reports how the respondent disposes of her youngest child's stools.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
General maternal and infant health Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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