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Demographic and Health Survey 1989-1990 - IPUMS Subset

Sudan, 1989 - 1990
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SDN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Department of Statistics, Ministry of Economic and National Planning, the Republic of the Sudan, and the 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: Public hospital (W_ORSPUBHOS)

Data file: SDN1989-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1477
End: 1477
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
452 Where can you get the ORS packets?
PROSE: Anywhere else?
CIRCLE ALL PLACES MENTIONED.

GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL 1
GOVERNMENT HEALTH CENTER 1
DISPENSARY 1
DRESSING STATION 1
PRIMARY HEALTH FACILITY 1
MOBILE CLINIC 1
PRIVATE DOCTOR 1
PRIVATE CLINIC 1
PHARMACY 1
SHOP 1
TRADITIONAL DOCTOR 1
OTHER (SPECIFY) _______ 1
DK 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
ORSPUBHOS (V424A) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public hospital 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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