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Demographic and Health Survey 2006-2007 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 2006 - 2007
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NAM_2006_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) [Namibia] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: NAM2006-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1607
End: 1608
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
528. Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhoea: A fluid made from a special packet called ORS? Salt-sugar solution (SSS)

FLUID FROM ORS PKT

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SSS

YES 1 (GO TO 529)
NO 2 (GO TO 529)
DK 8 (GO TO 529)
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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