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Demographic and Health Survey 2011-12 - IPUMS Subset

Benin, 2011 - 2012
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BEN_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ministère du Développement, de l’Analyse Économique et de la Prospective, Institut National de la Statistique et de l’Analyse Économique (INSAE) [Bénin] and IFC International., Minnesota Population Center
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Sign child needs treatment: Diarrhea/sunken eyes (B_TRDIASUNK)

Data file: BEN2011-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1110
End: 1110
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
1010A) Sometimes children get serious illnesses and need to be taken to a health center immediately. What types of symptoms could a child have that would make you immediately take him or her to a health center?

RECORD ALL MENTIONED

CHILD ILL AND UNDER 2 YEARS OLD A
UNABLE TO DRINK OR BREASTFEED B
VOMITS EVERYTHING CONSUMED C
CONVULSIONS D
LETHARGIC OR UNCONSCIOUS E
HOT BODY AND URINE DARK/COCA-COLA COLORED F
BODY HOT AND YELLOW EYES G
BLOOD IN STOOLS OR ABNORMAL BLEEDING H
SEVERELY PALE PALMAR I
DIARRHEA/SKI FOLD SLOWLY REDUCING/SUNKEN IN EYES J
DIFFICULT BREATHING K
HOT BODY AND RIGID NECK L
GENERAL OUTBREAK/RUNNY NOSE OR RED EYES M
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
7 Don't know
8 Missing
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
TRDIASUNK indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that a child with diarrhea, skin folds slowly reducing, or sunken eyes should immediately be taken to a health facility.

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Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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