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Population and Family Health Survey 2007 - IPUMS Subset

Jordan, 2007
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JOR_2007_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Department of Statistics [Jordan] and Macro International., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given gruel for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVGRUEL)

Data file: JOR2007-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1639
End: 1639
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
528) Was he/she given any of the following to drink at any time since he/she started having the diarrhea:

a) A fluid made from a special packet called Aquacell or Paralait?

AQUACELL/PARALAIT:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b) Thin watery gruel made from rice, carrot, wheat, etc.?

GRUEL:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c) Soup?

SOUP:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

d) Homemade sugar-salt-water solution?

SUGAR-SALT-WATER SOLUTION:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

e) Milk or infant formula?

MILK/FORMULA:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

f) Yoghurt-based drink?

YOGHURT:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

g) Water?

WATER:

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

h) Any other liquid?

OTHER LIQUID:

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, DIAGIVGRUEL indicates whether the child was given gruel or similar foods, in response to a yes/no question about specific liquids and watery food given during the illness.

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