Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998

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Reference ID

NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Amount children should be given to drink with diarrhea (W_DIASHOULDRINK)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 2134

End: 2134

Width: 1

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

465) When a child has diarrhea, should s/he be given less to drink than usual, the same amount or more than usual?

LESS TO DRINK 1
ABOUT THE SAME AMOUNT 2
MORE TO DRINK 3
DON'T KNOW 8

Categories

Value	Category
1	Less to drink
2	Same amount to drink
3	More to drink
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

DIASHOULDRINK (V448) reports the respondent's beliefs about the amount of fluid a child with diarrhea should be given (more, less, or same amount as usual).

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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