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Population and Family Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 1997
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JOR_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics (DOS) [Jordan] and Macro International Inc. (MI)., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given gruel for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVGRUEL)

Data file: JOR1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1206
End: 1206
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
559. When (NAME) had diarrhea, was he/she given any of the following to drink?

A fluid made from a special packet called Aquacell or Paralait?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Thin water gruel made from rice, carrots, wheat, etc.?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Soup?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Home-made sugar-salt-water solution?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Milk or infant formula?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Yoghurt-based drink?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Water?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Any other liquids?

YES 1
NO 2
DK 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, DIAGIVGRUEL indicates whether the child was given gruel or similar foods, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids and watery food given during the illness.

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