Demographic and Health Survey 2004 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2004

Reference ID

CMR_2004_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de la Planification, de la Programmation du Développement et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: CMR2004-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1788

End: 1789

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

478) Was he/she given any of the following to drink:

a. Fluid made from a special packet called ORS (Oral Rehydration Salt)
b. A light gruel made of rice or corn, millet, yams, cassava root, plantains?
c. Soup, for example carrot soup?
d. Tea, herbal tea, guava leaves?
e. Homemade sugar-salt-water solution (SSS)?
f. Milk or baby formula?
g. Yogurt based drink?
h. Water?
i. Any other liquid?

ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

LIGHT GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

TEA/HERBAL TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SUGAR-SALT-WATER SOLUTION

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

YOGURT BASED DRINK

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

OTHER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes
21	Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22	Yes, ORS - probed
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

concept

Concept

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

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