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Demographic and Health Survey 2012-13 - IPUMS Subset

Pakistan, 2012 - 2013
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PAK_2012_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Institute of Population Studies (NIPS) [Pakistan], and ICF International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: PAK2012-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1476
End: 1476
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
522) What else was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?
RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
ZINC C
OTHER D
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP E

INJECTION


ANTIBIOTIC F
NON-ANTIBIOTIC G
UNKNOWN INJECTION H
(IV) INTRAVENOUS 1

HOME REMEDY

RICE STARCH K
MINT EXTRACT L

OTHER (SPECIFY) __ X
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes
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, DIAGIVANTIB (H15A) indicates, in response to an open-ended question, whether the child was given antibiotics to treat this illness.

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