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Demographic and Health Survey 1995 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 1995
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EGY_1995_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Council [Egypt] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: EGY1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1185
End: 1185
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
622. What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

HOMEMADE SUGAR, SALT AND WATER SOLUTION A
ANTIBIOTIC (PILL OR SYRUP) B
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP C
INJECTION
(I.V.) INTRAVENOUS D
HOME REMEDIES/ HERBAL MEDICINES E
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
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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