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Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1993
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KEN_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: KEN1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1009
End: 1009
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
470. What was given to treat the diarrhea?
Anything else?
RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

FLUID FROM ORS PACKET A
ANTIBIOTIC PILL, SYRUP B
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP C
INJECTION D
I.V. (INTRAVENOUS) E
HOME REMEDY OR HERBS F
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ G
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, DIAGIVANTIB (H15A) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given antibiotics to treat this illness.

concept

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