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Demographic and Health Survey 2016 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 2016
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SEN_2016_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Agence Nationale de la Statistique et de la Démographie (ANSD) [Sénégal], et ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given pre-packaged ORS liquid for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVPPLORS)

Data file: SEN2016-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1479
End: 1479
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
615) 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 (local name for the ORS packet)?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

b) A pre-packaged ORS liquid?

YES 1
NO 2
DON'T KNOW 8

c) A government-recommended homemade fluid?

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
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
DIAGIVPPLORS (H13B) indicates whether the young child was given a pre-packaged oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat a recent episode of diarrhea.

The related variable DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a fluid made from a special ORS packet.

concept

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