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Demographic and Health Survey 2010

Malawi, 2010
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MWI_2010_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office [Malawi] and ICF Macro, Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given zinc for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVZINC)

Data file: MWI2010-C

Overview

Valid: 0
Invalid: 0
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Range: -
Format:

Questions and instructions

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, DIAGIVZINC (H15E) indicates whether the child was given zinc to treat this illness.

The World Health Organization reports here [URL omitted from DDI.] that "Zinc supplementation has been found to reduce the duration and severity of diarrheal episodes and the likelihood of subsequent infections for 2-3 months."

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Concept
Name Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- PERSON IPUMS
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