Demographic and Health Survey 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Cameroon, 2011

Reference ID

CMR_2011_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie de la Planification et de l’Aménagement du Territoire, Ministère de la Santé Publique [Cameroon] and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

Last modified

Sep 19, 2018

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Child given recommended home solution with salt and sugar for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVSOLUT)

Data file: CMR2011-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1755

End: 1756

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

528) Did you give him/her one of the following things to drink since he/she had diarrhea?

a. A liquid prepared from a special packet called ORS?
b. A thin gruel made from rice (or corn, millet, yam, manioc, plantain)?
c. Soup, for example, carrot soup?
d. Tea, infusion, guava leaves?
e. Homemade sugar-salt-water solution (SSS)?
f. Milk or baby formula?
g. Yogurt-based drink?
h. Water?
i. Any other liquid?

ORS LIQUID PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

THIN GRUEL

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SOUP

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

TEA/INFUSION

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

SUGAR/SALT/WATER SOLUTION

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

MILK/BABY FORMULA

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

YOGURT BASED DRINK

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

OTHER LIQUIDS

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

Value	Category
10	Yes
97	Don't know
98	Missing
99	NIU (not in universe)
00	No
11	Yes, spontaneous
12	Yes, probed

Description

Definition

For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVSOLUT (H14) indicates whether the child was given a recommended homemade solution to treat this illness.

concept

Concept

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

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