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Demographic and Health Survey 2008 - IPUMS Subset

Ghana, 2008
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GHA_2008_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Ghana Statistical Service, Ghana Health Service, and ICF Macro., Minnesota Population Center
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Sep 19, 2018
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: GHA2008-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1858
End: 1859
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
528. Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea:
a) A fluid made from a special ORS sachet?
b) A government-recommended homemade fluid?

FLUID FROM ORS SACH

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8

HOMEMADE FLUID

YES 1
NO 2
DK 8
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22 Yes, ORS - probed
97 Don't know
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
For surviving children under age 5 who had diarrhea in the past 2 weeks, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

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