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Demographic and Health Survey 1992 - IPUMS Subset

Madagascar, 1992
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MDG_1992_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Centre National de Recherches sur l'Environnement [Madagascar] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Known source of ORS: Other (B_ORSOTHER)

Data file: MDG1992-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 677
End: 677
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
485. Where can you obtain an ORS/ODIVA packet?
INSIST: Nowhere else?
RECORD ALL PLACES MENTIONED.

PUBLIC SECTOR

HOSPITAL 11
HEALTH CENTER 12
DISPENSARY 13
LOCAL HEALTH POST 14

PRIVATE MEDICAL SECTOR

PRIVATE DOCTOR 21
PRIVATE HOSPITAL/CLINIC 22
PHARMACY 23

OTHER LOCATION

STORE 31
TRADITIONAL HEALER 32
FAMILY/FRIENDS 33

OTHER (SPECIFY) ____ 41
DOESN'T KNOW 98
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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
ORSOTHER (V424X) indicates whether, in response to an open-ended question, the woman reported some "other" place as a source for oral rehydration solution (ORS). The meaning of "other" depends on the specific response categories included in a given sample.

ORS is a typically used to treat dehydration in individuals with diarrhea.

concept

Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
ORS treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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