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Demographic and Maternal and Child Health Survey 1991/1992 - IPUMS Subset

Yemen, Republic of, 1991 - 1992
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YEM_1991_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Central Statistical Organization (CSO) [Yemen] and Pan Arab Project for Child Development (PAPCHILD) [Egypt] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: YEM1991-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 936
End: 937
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
212) Was (NAME) given either a home solution of sugar, salt, and water to drink, or a solution made from an ORS packet? IF "YES": Which?

HOME SOLUTION OF SUGAR, SALT, AND WATER 1
ORS PACKET SOLUTION PREPARED AT HOME 2
BOTH GIVEN 3
NEITHER GIVEN 4 (GO TO 215)
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22 Yes, ORS - probed
97 Don't know
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

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