Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1993

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Reference ID

GHA_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Ghana Statistical Service and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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

Data file: GHA1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1067

End: 1068

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

477. Was (NAME) given a recommended home fluid made from eg. rice water, kenkey water when he/she had the diarrhea?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 479)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 479)

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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