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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 recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: EGY1995-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1183
End: 1184
Width: 2
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
10 Yes
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, probed
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, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

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