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Demographic and Health Survey 1989 - IPUMS Subset

Kenya, 1989
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KEN_1989_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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National Council for Population and Development [Kenya] and Institute for Resource Development/Macro Systems Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: KEN1989-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 609
End: 610
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
424G. Was (NAME) given either a home solution of sugar, salt, and water to drink, or a solution made from a special packet? IF YES: Which?

HOME SOLUTION OF SALT, SUGAR, WATER 1
ORS PACKET SOLUTION 2
BOTH GIVEN 3
NEITHER GIVEN 4 (GO TO 425)
Categories
Value Category
10 No
20 Yes
21 Yes, ORS - spontaneous
22 Yes, ORS - probed
97 Don't know
98 Missing
99 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, DIAGIVORS (H13) indicates whether the child was given a sugar-salt-water solution or oral rehydration solution (ORS) to treat this illness.

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