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Demographic and Health Survey and Malaria Indicator Survey 2015-2016 - IPUMS Subset

Tanzania, 2015 - 2016
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TZA_2015_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children [Tanzania], Ministry of Health [Zanzibar], National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania], Office of the Chief Government Statistician, and ICF., Minnesota Population Center
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Jan 16, 2021
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Child given oral rehydration for diarrhea (C_DIAGIVORS)

Data file: TZA2015-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 1705
End: 1706
Width: 2
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

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

a) A fluid made from a special packet called MA-ORAL?

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
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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