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Demographic and Health Survey 2008-2009 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 2008 - 2009
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MDG_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Institut National de la Statistique, Ministère de l’Économie et de l’Industrie [Madagascar] and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Amount children with diarrhea should be given to drink (M_DIASHOULDRINKMN)

Data file: MDG2008-M.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 333
End: 333
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
221. When a child has diarrhea, how much should he or she be given to drink: more than usual, about the same amount as usual, less than usual, or should he or she not be given anything to drink at all?

MORE THAN USUAL 1
ABOUT THE SAME 2
LESS THAN USUAL 3
NOTHING TO DRINK 4
DOESN'T KNOW 8
Categories
Value Category
0 Nothing to drink
1 Less to drink
2 About the same
3 More to drink
6 Other
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 male respondents with a young surviving child (usually under age 3 or 4), DIASHOULDRINKMN (MV252) reports answers to a question about how much a child should be given to drink when that child has diarrhea.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Childrearing attitudes Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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