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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 recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: NER1998-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1230
End: 1231
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
461) What was given to treat diarrhea?

Anything else?

RECORD EVERYTHING MENTIONED

SALT-SUGAR WATER A
PILL OR SYRUP B
INJECTION C
(IV) INTRAVENOUS D
TRADITIONAL REMEDIES/HERBAL MEDICINES E
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
Categories
Value Category
10 Yes
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 NIU (not in universe)
00 No
11 Yes, spontaneous
12 Yes, probed
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, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

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