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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 1992
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MWI_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Known source for ORS: Public health post (B_ORSPUBHP)

Data file: MWI1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 676
End: 676
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
484. Where can you get the ORS packet?
PROBE: Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL PLACES MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL A
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE B
DISPENSARY C
OTHER FIXED FACILITY D
MOBILE CLINIC E

MEDICAL PRIVATE SECTOR

PRIVATE HOSPITAL F
PRIMARY HEALTH CENTRE G
DISPENSARY H
PRIVATE DOCTOR I
CHEMIST J
MOBILE CLINIC K

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP L
TRADITIONAL PRACTITIONER M

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ N
DON'T KNOW O
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSPUBHP (V424C) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the woman reported a public health post as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

Some samples in the "ORS" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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