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Demographic and Health Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Angola, 2015 - 2016
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AGO_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Instituto Nacional de Estatística (INE) [Angola], Ministério da Saúde (MINSA) [Angola], Ministério do Planeamento e do Desenvolvimento Territorial (MINPLAN) [Angola] and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given iron for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVIRON)

Data file: AGO2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1668
End: 1668
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
612) Was (NAME) given any of the following to drink at any time since (NAME) started having the diarrhea:

a) A fluid made from a special packet called Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)?
b) A pre-packaged ORS liquid?
c) A homemade sugar-salt-water solution?
d) Iron tablets or syrup?
e) Rice water?

A) FLUID FROM ORS PACKET

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

B) ORS LIQUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

C) HOMEMADE FLUID

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

D) IRON

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

E) RICE WATER

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8
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, DIAGIVIRON indicates whether the child was given iron pills or syrup. This information was collected in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids given during the illness.

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