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Demographic and Health Survey 1998 - IPUMS Subset

Niger, 1998
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NER_1998_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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CARE International [Niger] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Getting sicker or very sick (W_DIATRSICKER)

Data file: NER1998-W.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 2143
End: 2143
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
467) When a child suffers from diarrhea, what symptoms indicate that s/he must be brought to a health facility or to a healthcare worker?

RECORD ALL THAT IS MENTIONED

REPEATED LIQUID BOWEL MOVEMENTS A
LIQUID BOWEL MOVEMENTS B
REPEATED VOMITING C
VOMITING D
BLOOD IN STOOL E
FEVER F
STRONG THIRST G
DOESN'T EAT/DRINK WELL H
BECOMES SICKER/VERY ILL I
DOESN'T GET BETTER J
OTHER (SPECIFY): ___ X
DON'T KNOW Z
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, getting sicker
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
DIATRSICKER indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that the child getting sicker or being very sick from diarrhea indicated s/he should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

concept

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