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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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Type of homemade solution for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUTYP)

Data file: MWI1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1046
End: 1046
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
475. What was the main recommended home fluid that you gave (NAME) when he/she had diarrhea?

RICE WATER 1
DILUTE MAIZE PORRIDGE 2
FERMENTED MAIZE PORRIDGE 3
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 4
Categories
Value Category
1 Rice water
2 Dilute maize porridge
3 Fermented maize porridge
4 Other
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 surviving children under age 5 with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVSOLUTYP indicates the type of homemade solution given as treatment.

Unlike most other (dichotomous) variables relating to food and liquid intake during diarrheal disease, DIAGIVSOLUTYP includes a list of items, most of which combine water with a starchy food. If the mother fed the child more than one type of homemade solution (both rice water and diluted maize porridge, for example), she was to report the main solution given.

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