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Demographic and Health Survey 1990 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 1990
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NGA_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Federal Office of Statistics [Nigeria] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro International Inc. (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Known source for ORS: Shop (other) (B_ORSSHOP)

Data file: NGA1990-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 658
End: 658
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
486. Where can you get the (LOCAL NAME) packet?
PROBE: Anywhere else?
(CIRCLE ALL PLACES MENTIONED)

VILLAGE HEALTH WORKER 1
HEALTH CLINIC/POST 1
HEALTH CENTER 1
HOSPITAL 1
PRIVATE DOCTOR 1
TRADITIONAL/SPIRITUAL HEALER 1
VILLAGE CHEMIST AT PATENT MEDICINE SHOP 1
PHARMACY 1
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ 1
DON'T KNOW 1
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSSHOP (V424S) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a shop as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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