Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Ethiopia, 2016

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Reference ID

ETH_2016_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Heard of ORS for diarrhea treatment (C_DIATRORSHEARD)

Data file: ETH2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1173

End: 1174

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories

Value	Category
10	No
20	Yes
21	Used ORS
22	Heard of ORS
23	Recognized ORS packet
98	Missing
99	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

DIATRORSHEARD (V416) indicates whether the woman ever heard of using an oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat diarrhea. ORS generally consists of drinking water with the addition of sugar and salt (in a homemade solution) or a commercial mixture of salt, glucose, potassium chloride, and sodium bicarbonate added to clean water.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS	IPUMS

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