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Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Mozambique, 2011
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MOZ_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde [Mozambique] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given rice water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVRICEH2O)

Data file: MOZ2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1567
End: 1567
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
522. Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea:

a) A fluid made from a special packet called Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b) A home-made sugar-salt-water solution?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c) Rice water?


YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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 surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVRICEH2O indicates whether the child was given rice water, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids given during the illness.

concept

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