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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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Heard of ORS for diarrhea treatment (W_DIATRORSHEARD)

Data file: PAK1991-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2038
End: 2039
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
491. Have you ever heard of a special product called ORS or Nimkol (or LOCAL NAME) you can get for the treatment of diarrhea?

YES 1 (GO TO 493)
NO 2
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Used ORS
22 Heard of ORS
23 Recognized ORS packet
98 Missing
99 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
DIATRORSHEARD (V416) indicates whether the woman ever heard of using an oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat diarrhea. ORS generally consists of drinking water with the addition of sugar and salt (in a homemade solution) or a commercial mixture of salt, glucose, potassium chloride, and sodium bicarbonate added to clean water.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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