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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 other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: SEN1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1057
End: 1057
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 young children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHER (H20) indicates whether they were given some "other" treatment for this illness. The meaning of "other" depends on the types of diarrhea treatment specified in a given sample.

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