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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given rice water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVRICEH2O)

Data file: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1238
End: 1238
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
459) When (NAME) had diarrhea, was s/he given any of the following things:

A liquid prepared from a special packet called ORS?
A light broth made from rice?
Soup or puree?
Salt - sugar water?
Tree bark tea?
Milk or baby formula?
Yogurt based drink?
Tea made from guava or papaya tree leaves?
Water?
Any other liquid?

ORS

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

LIGHT BROTH

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

SALT/SUGAR WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

BARK TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

MILK/BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

YOGURT DRINK

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

GUAVA/PAPAYA TEA

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

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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