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Demographic and Health Survey 1991 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1991
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CMR_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Plan et de l'Aménagement du Territoire (Direction Nationale du Deuxième Recensement Général de la Population et de l'Habitat)[Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: CMR1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 952
End: 952
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
475) What was given (made) to treat (NAME)'s diarrhea?
Something else?

(CIRCLE EACH THING MENTIONED)

ERCEFURLY/TYPHOMICINE/OTHER ANTIBIOTIC A
GANIDAN/COAL/IMODIUM/OTHER ANTIDIARRHEAL B
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP C
INJECTION D
IV E
RICE WATER/GUAVA TEA F
OTHER TRADITIONAL REMEDY G
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ H
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.

concept

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