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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Malawi, 2015 - 2016
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MWI_2015_DHS_v01_M_v02_A_IPUMS
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National Statistical Office (NSO) [Malawi] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given antibiotics for diarrhea (B_DIAGIVANTIB)

Data file: MWI2016-B.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1714
End: 1714
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
617. CHECK 615:

ANY 'YES': What else was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?

ALL 'NO' OR 'DK': What was given to treat the diarrhea? Anything else?

RECORD ALL TREATMENTS GIVEN.

PILL OR SYRUP

ANTIBIOTIC A
ANTIMOTILITY B
OTHER (NOT ANTIBIOTIC OR ANTIMOTILITY) C
UNKNOWN PILL OR SYRUP D

INJECTION

ANTIBIOTIC E
NON-ANTIBIOTIC F
UNKNOWN INJECTION G

INTRAVENOUS (IV) H
HOME REMEDY/HERBAL MEDICINE I
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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