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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Namibia, 1992
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NAM_1992_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health and Social Services [Namibia], Central Statistics Office [Namibia], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Known source for ORS: Private pharmacy, drug store, or dispensary (C_ORSPRIVDRUG)

Data file: NAM1992-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 659
End: 659
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
483) Where can you get the ORS packet?
PROBE: Anywhere else?
RECORD ALL PLACES MENTIONED

GVT. HOSPITAL A
GVT. HEALTH CENTER B
GVT. HEALTH POST C
PHC CLINIC (MOBILE) D
COMUNITY HEALTH WORKER E
PVT. DOCTOR F
PVT. HOSPITAL/CLINIC G
PHARMACY H
SHOP I
TRADITIONAL PRACTIONER J
OTHER (SPECIFY)____K
DK L
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
ORSPRIVDRUG (V424K) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported a private pharmacy, drug store, or dispensary as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS).

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

Some samples in the "ORS" series include categories that can be consolidated into a single response. IPUMS-DHS uses supplemental programming to combine these responses in a standard variable while preserving the separate responses in country-specific variables.

For example, a given sample might include multiple categories for different types of private, formal drug vendors that could be combined to create a more comprehensive response category. See Comparability for more information on the specific categories combined in ORSPUBHC.

concept

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