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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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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: SEN1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1044
End: 1044
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
470. What was given to treat the diarrhea?
Anything else?
RECORD EVERYTHING MENTIONED.

LIQUID FROM ORS PACKET A
RECOMMENDED LIQUID MADE AT HOME B
ANTIBIOTIC PILL OR SYRUP C
OTHER PILL OR SYRUP D
INJECTION E
(IV) INTRAVENOUS/SERUM F
HOME REMEDIES/MEDICINAL PLANTS G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ H
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, DIAGIVANTIB (H15A) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given antibiotics to treat this illness.

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