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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Egypt, Arab Rep., 2008
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EGY_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health [Egypt], E-Zanaty and Associates, and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: EGY2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1412
End: 1412
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
639. Was anything (else) given to treat the diarrhea?

YES 1
NO 2 (GO TO 643)
DON'T KNOW 8 (GO TO 643)

640. What (else) was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else? RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
ZINC C
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIMOTILITY, OR ZINC) D
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP E

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC F
NON-ANTIBIOTIC G
UNKNOWN INJECTION H
(IV) INTRAVENOUS I

HOME REMEDY

HERBAL MEDICINE J
HOMEMADE SS SOLUTION K
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ X
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.

concept

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