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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Bangladesh, 2014
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BGD_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), Mitra and Associates, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Applied to umbilical cord: Chlorhexidine (C_DELUMBTRCHLOR)

Data file: BGD2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1040
End: 1040
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
435AF. What was applied to the cord after it was cut and tied?
Anything else?

ANTIBIOTICS (POWDER/OINTMT.) A
ANTISEPTIC (DETOL/SAVLON HEXISOL) B
SPIRIT/ALCOHOL C
MUSTARD OIL WITH GARLIC D
CHEWED RICE E
TUMERIC JUICE/POWDER F
GINGER JUICE G
SHIDUR H
BORIC POWDER I
GENTIAN VIOLET (BLUE INK) J
TALCUM POWDER K
HCLORHEXIDINE L
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
DON'T KNOW Z
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
DELUMBTRCHLOR indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the child's mother reported that chlorhexidine for was applied to the stump of the child's umbilical cord. Chlorhexidine is an antiseptic and disinfectant recommended by the World Health Organization for cord care.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Newborn care Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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