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Demographic and Health Survey 2003 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2003
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MOZ_2003_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Irritability or agitation (B_DIATRIRRIT)

Data file: MOZ2003-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 955
End: 955
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
490D. 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? Any other signs/symptoms?
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
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK I
AGITATED/ IRRITABLE J
OTHER (SPECIFY) ______ X
DOESN'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, irritability
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
DIATRIRRIT indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that irritability or agitation indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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