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Demographic and Health Survey 2000 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2000
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NAM_2000_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Ministry of Health and Social Services (MOHSS) [Namibia] and ORC Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child given milk or infant formula for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVMILK)

Data file: NAM2000-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1210
End: 1210
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
466) Was he/she given any of the following:
a. A fluid made from a special sachet called ORS?
b. Cereal, ontaku, mageu, or soup?
c. Milk, omaere, or infant formula?

FLUID FROM ORS SCHT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

CEREAL/SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK, FORMULA

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, DIAGIVMILK indicates whether the child was given milk or infant formula, 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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