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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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Child given other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1044
End: 1044
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

FLUID PREPARED AT HOME FROM ORS PACKET A
ORS PREMIXED IN BOTTLE B
RECOMMENDED HOME FLUID C
ANTIBIOTIC (PILL OR SYRUP) D
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP E
INJECTION F
(I.V.) INTRAVENOUS G
HOME REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES H
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ I
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.

concept

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