Demographic and Health Survey 1993 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1993

Reference ID

KEN_1993_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

National Council for Population and Development [Kenya], Central Bureau of Statistics [Kenya], and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center

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Sep 19, 2018

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Sep 19, 2018

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Days child given ORS for diarrhea treatment (C_DIAGIVORSDAYS)

Data file: KEN1993-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 1016

End: 1017

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

475. For how many days was (NAME) given the Oralite/ORS?
IF LESS THAN 1 DAY, WRITE 00.

DAYS _____
DOES NOT KNOW 98

Categories

Value	Category
00	0
01	1
02	2
03	3
04	4
05	5
06	6
07	7
08	8
09	9
10	10
11	11
12	12
13	13
14	14
15	15
16	16
17	17
18	18
19	19
20	20
21	21
22	22
23	23
24	24
25	25
26	26
27	27
28	28
29	29
30	30
31	31
32	32
33	33
34	34
35	35
36	36
37	37
38	38
39	39
40	40
41	41
42	42
43	43
44	44
45	45
46	46
47	47
48	48
49	49
50	50
51	51
52	52
53	53
54	54
55	55
56	56
57	57
58	58
59	59
60	60
96	Given at health facility
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 young children with diarrhea in the last 2 weeks, DIAGIVORSDAYS (H13A) reports the number of days they were given an oral rehydration solution (ORS).

The related variable DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the young child was given ORS at all to treat the diarrhea.

concept

Concept

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

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