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Demographic and Health Survey 1997 - IPUMS Subset

Senegal, 1997
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SEN_1997_DHS_v01_M_v01_A_IPUMS
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Direction de la Prévision et de la Statistique du Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan [Senegal] and Macro International Inc., Minnesota Population Center
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Signs diarrhea needs treatment: Not getting better (C_DIATRNOTBETR)

Data file: SEN1997-C.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 717
End: 717
Width: 1
Range: -
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question
488C. In your opinion, what signs indicate that you must bring a child who has diarrhea to a health establishment?
CIRCLE THE CORRESPONDING CODES TO THE RESPONDENT'S RESPONSES.

VERY LIQUID STOOL A
REPEATED VOMITING B
INTENSE THIRST C
DOES NOT EAT/DRINK WELL D
FEVER E
BLOOD IN STOOL F
DOES NOT GET BETTER G
OTHER (SPECIFY) _____ H
Categories
Value Category
0 No
1 Yes, not getting better
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
DIATRNOTBETR (V450J) indicates whether the woman respondent said, in response to an open-ended question, that not getting better indicated a child sick with diarrhea should be taken to a health facility or health worker for treatment.

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Concept
var_concept.title Vocabulary
Beliefs about child treatment Variables -- TOPICS IPUMS
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