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Demographic and Health Survey 2017-2018 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2017 - 2018
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PAK_2017_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given rice water for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVRICEH2O)

Data file: PAK2017-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1639
End: 1639
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
617) CHECK 615:

ANY 'YES': a) What else was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else? RECORD ALL TREATMENTS.

ALL 'NO' OR 'DON'T KNOW': b) What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else? RECORD ALL TREATMENTS.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC OR ANTIMOTILITY) C
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP D

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC E
NON-ANTIBIOTIC F
UNKNOWN INJECTION G

IV (INTRAVENOUS) H
HOME REMEDY/HERBAL MEDICINE I
RICE STARCH J

OTHER (SPECIFY) ___________ X
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, DIAGIVRICEH2O indicates whether the child was given rice water, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids given during the illness.

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