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Demographic and Health Survey 1987 - IPUMS Subset

Burundi, 1987
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BDI_1987_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
Producer(s)
Département de la Population du Ministère de l'Intérieur [Burundi], Insitute for Resrouce Development (IRD)., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given home remedy or herbal medicine for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVHERB)

Data file: BDI1987-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 808
End: 808
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
427) Was there anything (else) you or somebody did to treat the diarrhea (the last time)? IF YES: What was done? INTERVIEWER: CIRCLE CODE 1 FOR ALL MENTIONED.

HOME SOLUTION OF SUGAR, SALT, AND WATER 1
SYRUP AND OTHER PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS 1
MEDICINAL PLANTS 1
LEMON JUICE 1
CARBONATED DRINKS 1
INCREASE LIQUID 1
INCREASE FOOD 1
DECREASE LIQUID 1
DECREASE FOOD 1
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ 1
NOTHING 1
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, DIAGIVHERB (H15D) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given home remedies or herbal medicines to treat this illness.

concept

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