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Demographic and Health Survey 1988 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 1988
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GHA_1988_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems, Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given other treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVOTHER)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 753
End: 753
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
427. Was there anything (else) you or somebody did to treat the diarrhea? IF YES: What was done? CIRCLE CODE 1 FOR ALL MENTIONED.

HOME SOLUTION OF SUGAR, SALT, AND WATER 1
TABLETS, INJECTIONS, SYRUPS 1
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 1
INCREASE FLUIDS 1
DECREASE FLUIDS 1
INCREASE FOODS 1
DECREASE FOODS 1
OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 1
NOTHING 1
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
For young children with diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVOTHER (H20) indicates whether they were given some "other" treatment for this illness. The meaning of "other" depends on the types of diarrhea treatment specified in a given sample.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Diarrhea, treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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