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Demographic and Health Survey 2014 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2014
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GHA_2014_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given nothing as treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVNONE)

Data file: GHA2014-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1757
End: 1757
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
524) What (else) was given to treat the diarrhea?
Anything else?

RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
ZINC C
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC, ANTIMOTILITY, OR ZINC) D
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP E

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC F
NON-ANTIBIOTIC G
UNKNOWN INJECTION H

(IV) INTRAVENOUS I

HOME REMEDY/HERBAL MEDICINE J

OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No, given some treatment
1 Yes, nothing given as treatment
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, DIAGIVNONE (H21A) indicates whether the child was given no treatment for this illness.

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