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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Nigeria, 2008
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NGA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Population Commission [Nigeria] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Amount offered child to drink when had cough (C_COUFLUIDUPDN)

Data file: NGA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1757
End: 1757
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
538. Now I would like to know how much (NAME) was given to drink (including breastmilk) during the illness with a (fever/cough). Was he/she given less than usual to drink, about the same amount, or more than usual to drink?
IF LESS, PROBE: Was he/she given much less than usual to drink or somewhat less?

MUCH LESS 1
SOMEWHAT LESS 2
ABOUT THE SAME 3
MORE 4
NOTHING TO DRINK 5
DON'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 Nothing to drink
2 Much less
3 Somewhat less
4 About the same
5 More
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 a cough in the past 2 weeks, COUFLUIDUPDN (H31D) indicates whether the child was given more, less, or the same amount of fluid as usual during the illness. Children receiving less fluid are further categorized into "somewhat less," "much less," and "nothing to drink."

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Child respiratory illness or fever Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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