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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 oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: BDI1987-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 809
End: 810
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
426) The last time (name) had diarrhea, was he/she given a RVO to treat the diarrhea? [##translator note: the RVO was listed in the original text, and I could not find what it means. The standard English uses the '?sugar-salt-water'? packet. It also may be the local name for the ORS]

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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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