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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 1998
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CMR_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Bureau Central des Recensements et des Études de Population, Ministère des Investissements Publics et de l’Aménagement du Territoire [Cameroon] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Weight loss (C_DIATRWTLOSS)

Data file: CMR1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 837
End: 837
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
467) When a child is sick with diarrhea, what signs of illness would tell you that he or she should be taken to a health facility or health worker?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED WATERY STOOLS A
ANY WATERY STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
ANY VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOLS E
FEVER F
MARKED THIRST G
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL H
GETS SICKER/VERY SICK I
NOT GETTING BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DK Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, weight loss
8 Missing
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
DIATRWTLOSS indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that weight loss indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment. This response did not appear on the survey form, but rather was constructed from written-in "other" responses.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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