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Demographic and Health Survey 1992-1993 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1992 - 1993
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SEN_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique du Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et du Plan [Senegal] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Known source for ORS: Public hospital (B_ORSPUBHOS)

Data file: SEN1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 727
End: 727
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
486. Where can you get (LOCAL NAME) packet?
PROBE: Anywhere else?
CIRCLE THE CODE CORRESPONDING TO ALL RESPONSES GIVEN.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL A
HEALTH CENTER/PMI B
HEALTH POST/FREE CLINIC C
COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE WORKER D

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

CLINIC/PRIVATE HOSPITAL E
PHARMACY F
PRIVATE DOCTOR G
PRIVATE NURSE/CONFES H

OTHER PRIVATE SECTOR

SHOP/BOUTIQUE I
TRADITIONAL HEALER J

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____K
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSPUBHOS (V424A) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a public hospital as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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