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Demographic and Health Survey 1990-1991 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 1990 - 1991
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PAK_1990_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies [Pakistan] and IRD/Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given rice water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVRICEH2O)

Data file: PAK1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1081
End: 1081
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
482. Was (NAME) given any of the following during the diarrhea?

Rice water?

SAME 1
MORE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Lasai?

SAME 1
MORE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

A home-made fluid made from sugar, salt and water?

SAME 1
MORE 2
DON'T KNOW 8

Any other home-made fluids?

SAME 1
MORE 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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, DIAGIVRICEH2O indicates whether the child was given rice water, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids given during the illness.

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