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Demographic and Health Survey 1994 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 1994
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ZWE_1994_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Office [Zimbabwe] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Getting sicker or very sick (W_DIATRSICKER)

Data file: ZWE1994-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2151
End: 2151
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
471) When a child is sick with diarrhea, what signs of illness would tell you that he/she should be taken to a health facility? Any other signs? RECORD ALL MENTIONED.

REPEATED WATERY STOOLS A
ANY WATERY STOOLS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
ANY VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOLS E
FEVER F
MARKED THIRST G
NOT EATING/NOT DRINKING WELL H
GETTING SICKER/VERY SICK I
NOT GETTING BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY) __________ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, getting sicker
8 Missing
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
DIATRSICKER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that the child getting sicker or being very sick from diarrhea indicated s/he should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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