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Demographic and Health Survey 2015 - IPUMS Subset

Zimbabwe, 2015
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ZWE_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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Zimbabwe National Statistics Agency and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given nothing as treatment for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVNONE)

Data file: ZWE2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1718
End: 1718
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
615. Was (NAME) given any of the following at any time since (NAME) started having the diarrhea:

a. A fluid made from a special packet called an ORS sachet?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b. A pre-packaged ORS liquid?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c. A homemade sugar-salt-water solution (SSS)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

d. Zinc tablets or syrup?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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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