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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 other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: CMR1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 965
End: 965
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 young children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHER (H20) indicates whether they were given some "other" treatment for this illness. The meaning of "other" depends on the types of diarrhea treatment specified in a given sample.

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