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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 pills or syrups (unspecified) for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVPILSYR)

Data file: GHA1988-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 748
End: 748
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 surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVPILSYR (H15) indicates whether the child was given some unspecified other pills or syrup to treat this illness. The meaning of "other" depends on the specific medications included in a given survey,

For Phase 5 forward, the similar variable DIAGIVPILUNK reports whether the child was given an "unknown" type of pill or syrup to treat diarrhea.

concept

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