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Demographic and Health Survey 1988-1989 - IPUMS Subset

Uganda, 1988 - 1989
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UGA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health with the Ministry of Planning and Economic Development, Department of Geography (Makerere University), Institute of Statistics and Applied Economics (Makerere University) [Uganda] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: UGA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 694
End: 694
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
426) What treatment did (NAME) receive there? (CIRCLE ALL TREATMENTS MENTIONED.)

INJECTION 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
IV (INTRA VENOUS) 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
TABLETS OR PILLS 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
SYRUPS 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
ORS 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
OTHER (SPECIFY) ________ 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
NOTHING GIVEN 1 (GO TO NEXT COLUMN)
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 young children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHER (H20) indicates whether they were given some "other" treatment for this illness. The meaning of "other" depends on the types of diarrhea treatment specified in a given sample.

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